The Friends of Woodfield Park, a community group in Doncaster, have recently set up a weekly woodland walk in the grounds of the former St Catherine's Hospital adjacent to Tickhill Road Hospital. Last…
New research by the London School of Economics (LSE) shows that regular brisk walking is the best exercise for keeping weight down. The research compared 30min of high impact walking with the same…
It was a great pleasure for me to join the COT conference in Brighton this year at the invitation of Ben Whittaker. Not only did I get a chance to breathe puresea air and experience the delights of…
Australian doctors are launching global campaign Doctors for Climate Action today - need as many signatures as possible before the launch, currently 542... http://doctorsforclimateaction.org/
We are delighted to announce our 2015 NHS Forest Conference on the 28th September at University Hospital, Birmingham. The theme is “The value of health and wellbeing at your green space” with agenda…
Last week saw the publication of the new COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. It includes the following quote from section 2.4.2 under 'Resources and sustainability':"You should work as…
Are you or your team doing anything to improve the sustainability of your practice for NHS Sustainability Day???Why don't you think about entering what you are doing for theRCPsych Sustainability…
Psychiatric Team of the Year: Outstanding contribution to sustainabilitySelf-nominations will be accepted in this category. Entries must be accompanied by a letter of support from the Chief Executive,…
Recovery Record: The sustainability of a smartphone application in facilitating recovery from an eating disorder. A patient’s perspective. I began using Recovery Record, as a form of “pre-therapy”,…
The UN ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs), due to be launched later this year, will dominate the post-2015 UN development agenda. Given the increasing concerns from all quarters about continued…