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The Greening of Medicine

Created on
29 Jan 2012
by
Christelle Blunden
Most of you will have seen this article but if not don't miss it- the online responses are well worth a read to..http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.d8360A particular challenge for budding GP…
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Recycling of Concentrate Bottles

Created on
25 Jan 2012
by
Ben Wilson
We have just been given the green light to re-cycle all of our concentrate bottles. I'm still in the process of calculating exactly what that will mean in terms of reducing our carbon footprint but as…
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Reducing antibiotic pescribing

Created on
25 Jan 2012
by
Sally Aston
Reducing antibiotic prescribing… There are lots of reasons why a particular GP may or may not give antibiotics for a cough and sometimes I feel it’s more of an art than a science. The article in…
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90% Less: why greener healthcare is leaner healthcare

Created on
25 Jan 2012
by
Ingeborg Steinbach
Our conference organized in partnership with The Thames Valley Health Innovation and Education Cluster is taking place on 24th February 2012. The day offers a great opportunity to find out about the…
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Thinking about Occupation like a Mountain in the Mountains

Created on
23 Jan 2012
by
Mark Hudson
(Beaver dam and aspens from the Deer Valley Grocery-Café, Park City, Utah)In October 2011, I had the privilege of helping Mami Aoyama and Moses Ikiugu to organize a double session on occupation and…
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The Zero Waste Challenge for 2012

Created on
23 Jan 2012
by
Frances Mortimer
The Green Nephrology Network is taking up a "zero waste" challenge in 2012. Kidney departments will be cutting carbon and saving money by driving out waste from the dialysis process. Case studies…
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How a GP phone call is reducing patient travel to surgery by 40% - the Patient Access method.

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18 Jan 2012
by
Harry Longman
Over 40 GP practices around the country offer an innovative service to all their patients. When they call, the receptionist will ask what the problem is and make sure their phone number is up to date.…
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2012: Don't Waste the Year - save up to £90 million!

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18 Jan 2012
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Rachel Stancliffe
This year the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is focusing on helping clinical specialties and organisations to cut their wasteto save money and carbon.While we are involved with many longer term…
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Welcome to the network for Sustainable Respiratory Care!

Created on
11 Jan 2012
by
Rachel Stancliffe
What will respiratory medicine look like in 5 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS?We are starting an exciting project, funded for a year by GSK, to improve the environmental…
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Welcome to the Sustainable Respiratory Care Network!

Created on
11 Jan 2012
by
Rachel Stancliffe
What will respiratory medicine look like in 5 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS?We are starting an exciting project, funded for a year by GSK, to improve the environmental…