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Plans underway for a Sustainable Respiratory Inhalers Programme

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4 Apr 2013
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Frances Mortimer
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…
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The Guardian - Sustainable Business - Health and Wellbeing

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3 Jan 2013
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Sally Aston
There is some interesting reading on Sustainable Business on the Guardian website and a ‘Health and Wellbeing’ link. SeehereThe director of the NHS Sustainable Development Unit, David Pencheon, talks…
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NICE Guidelines on Active Travel

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15 Dec 2012
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Sally Aston
NICE has issued new guidance on how to promote walking and cycling to tackles our nations health problems due to inactivity. As we all know the ‘inactivity epidemic’ has massive health consequences.…
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Cradle to Gate

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12 Dec 2012
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Rachel Stancliffe
Greenhouse Gas Accounting Sector Guidance for Pharmaceutical Products and Medical DevicesA consortium of major global companies has been working with the NHS SDU to agree standards for reporting of…
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COP18 and the Doha Declaration of Climate, Health and Wellbeing

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12 Dec 2012
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Isobel Braithwaite
The Annual UN Climate Conference, COP18 took place last week in Doha. This year, Jonny Elliott went to represent Healthy Planet at the conference. It was a tiring, exciting and often frustrating…
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End of life care

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21 Nov 2012
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Frances Mortimer
A large proportion of healthcare resources go into providing care for people in their last few months of life, but it is not always apparent that the interventions they receive are what they really…
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Can Sustainable Hospitals Help Healthcare Cost?

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15 Nov 2012
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Sally Aston
According to a new US based report 'Can Sustainable Hospitals Help Bend the Healthcare Cost Curve' sponsored by the Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) and Health Care Without Harm, the…
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News: how the Green Deal could benefit GP premises

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5 Sep 2012
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Isobel Braithwaite
How the Green Deal could benefit GP premisesThe Green Deal is a new finance mechanism that could offer practices an alternative to traditional methods of financing refurbishments to surgeries…
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WANTED: Primary Care Sustainability Case Studies!

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16 Aug 2012
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Isobel Braithwaite
My name’s Isobel Braithwaite and I’m a medical student interested in healthcare sustainability - I’ve recently started an internship at CSH, and would really appreciate your input! Part of what…
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WANTED: Primary Care Sustainability Case Studies!

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16 Aug 2012
by
Isobel Braithwaite
My name’s Isobel Braithwaite and I’m a medical student interested in healthcare sustainability - I’ve recently started an internship at CSH, and would really appreciate your input! Part of what I’m…