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Royal Colleges Demonstrate What Can Be Done on Sustainability

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13 Nov 2014
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October saw the launch of 'Facing the future: sustainability for Royal Colleges', and the first seminar for Royal Colleges to come together to share their progress on sustainability. The seminar,…
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Resource stewardship and the ethical duty to prevent waste

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12 Nov 2014
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Frances Mortimer
It was very good to switch on Radio 4 last Thursday morning to hear a discussion about whether doctors have an “ethical duty” to prevent waste. The debate was prompted by the launch of a new report…
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Nursing Sustainability by Design: On joining the sustainability team - the experience of a sceptic

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16 Oct 2014
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Janet Kelsey
We all know what it’s like, you feel you are bombarded with emails either requests to attend meetings, answer questions, reiterate information etc. and then there are the ones suggesting you may wish…
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Sustainability in the NEJM last week

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6 Oct 2014
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Frances Mortimer
Two interesting articles covering aspects of sustainability in last week's NEJM:Time after Time — Health Policy Implications of a Three-Generation Case Study Caroline Sayer, M.B., B.S., and Thomas H.…
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Would you like to attend a carbon workshop and/or become a sustainability champion? Read on...

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8 Jul 2014
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Are you interested in how sustainability relates to your work? Those within the Oxford AHSN area (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes) have access to sustainability…
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Plant 2 trees @ 2 o'clock for NHS Sustainability Day

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6 Mar 2014
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Mary Zacaroli
NHS Sustainability Day of Action takes place on 27th March, with lots of activities taking place around the country. The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is encouraging partners to plant 2 trees at 2…
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Oxford Academic Health Sciences Network leads nationally on sustainability

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12 Feb 2014
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Rachel Stancliffe
Oxford Academic Health Sciences Network (AHSN) is leading the way nationally in prioritising sustainability as a cross-cutting theme. We are pleased to announce that The Centre for Sustainable…
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Healthy Planet National Conference - request for help with publicity before the early bird deadline

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4 Feb 2014
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Isobel Braithwaite
Hi all,Below is the information about our upcoming conference; one of the organising committee has written a blog about it which she's posting soon. It would be very much appreciated if you could send…
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Sustainability strategy for Royal Colleges and Deaneries

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9 Oct 2013
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Sustainability fellows are working to identify a variety of potential approaches that Deaneries and Colleges could take depending on their level of commitment to sustainability. An example of an…
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BMA Students' Conference Passes Climate Change Resolution

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22 Aug 2013
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Alice Inman
Anna Watkinson-Powell has written a great blog on the Climate and Health Council Website describing the run up to the student's passing a climate change resolution. No 1 is for the inclusion of…