NHS Change Day is a movement with a shared purpose of improving health and care. Their mission is to inspire and mobilise people everywhere, staff, patients and the public to dosomething better…
One principle of sustainable health care is patient empowerment. Empowering patients to manage their own mental health is a key factor in reducing burden on services and therefore reduced use of…
The Natural Approach to Meaningful Occupation (NAMO) is a model I have designed to aid occupational therapy interventions, considering features of outdoor natural environments. NAMO allows…
We have 700 NHS Forest trees to give away this planting season for all healthcare estates interested in doing some planting! Many of the trees were generously sponsored by the Great Outdoor Gym…
Hello everyone! First I wanted to say thank you for all of the great resources that have been shared on this site, especially the recent flurry from the COT conference. It is exciting to hear all…
College of Occupational Therapists 37th Annual Conference, Glasgow SECC These reflections on the COT Annual Conference in Glasgow have been delayed by me having had to take some unexpected time off…
Asatmospheric carbon dioxide levels top 400 parts per million,an editorial in this week's BMJ from Nick Hopkinson, Toby Hillman and Frances Mortimer draws attention to the impact of respiratory…
CSH is hosting this year'sCleanMed Europeconference, 17-19 September 2013. The emphasis will be on redesigning healthcare for a sustainable future (as opposed to providing the same care more…
CSH is hosting this year'sCleanMed Europeconference, 17-19 September 2013. The emphasis will be on redesigning healthcare for a sustainable future (as opposed to providing the same care more…
The continued use of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) in respiratory care will have a potentially serious effect on global warming if production is not controlled, largely because these inhalers use…