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NHS Forest Christmas Newsletter

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13 Dec 2016
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The NHS Forest has published a seasonal Newsletter. As well as some festive links, including our good friends at the Tree Charter, this issuepicks up some of our recent work on the subject of…
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Very interesting piece on...

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11 Nov 2016
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Very interesting piece on the health impacts of protected cycle lanes. H/T Nigel Blandford, National Trust.
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Choosing Wisely

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8 Nov 2016
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On the 24th October 2016 the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges brought out a report called Choosing Wisely . It was inspired by a world-wide initiative to encourage greater communication between…
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Air quality ruling

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3 Nov 2016
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This week the High Court found the government's action on air quality to be inadequate. In the second successful case against the government in two years brought by the legal charity Client Earth, the…
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Final programme released for Transforming Mental Health and Dementia Provision with the Natural Environment conference

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3 Nov 2016
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We're pleased to release our final programme for the upcoming "Transforming Mental Health and Dementia Provision with the Natural Environment" conference, which will take place Thursday 10th November…
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Choosing wisely - recommendations from the RCGP

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2 Nov 2016
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Jonathan Rocks
A helpful guide for those of us working in primary care as set out by the recent Choosing Wisely campaign. More info to be found at http://www.choosingwisely.co.uk 1. When patients are particularly…
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Breathing the fresh air of co-benefits

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20 Oct 2016
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Recently it feels like air pollution's spread beyond the concern of those who care about public health to become a more mainstream issue. It's getting a lot of press, what with the good work of…
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Pretty hot isn’t it?

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25 Aug 2016
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This week NHS England escalated their heatwave warning from a level two to a three. Seems like a good time to flag up the resources that I’m aware of that exist to support NHS staff in planning for…
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Preventable deaths data for Europe

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9 Jun 2016
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Eurostat data published online and also discussed in the Lancet sets a staggering prevention challenge for us. One million of the 1.7 million deaths that occured in the under 75s in 2013 might have…
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Air quality posing a 'very high risk' to health at the Fort McMurray wildfire

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15 May 2016
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Is Alberta another very sobering 'right now' example of climate change affecting health? See the Canadian Government's assessment of the air quality at Fort McMurray:…