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RCPsych Research Fellowship in Sustainability 2013-15 - applications invited

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23 Jan 2013
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Frances Mortimer
Applications are invited to an innovativetwo-year Fellowship in sustainability of mental health services, funded by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The post is offered to specialist trainees in…
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Educating for Sustainable Healthcare - online consultation open

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18 Jan 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
The Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE) Network is convening a national consultation on priority learning outcomes (PLOs) for sustainability in medical education, which has been prompted by the…
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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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Priority Learning Outcomes Project

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13 Dec 2012
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Alice Inman
Educating for Sustainable Healthcare – Priority Learning Outcomes Project.Invitations have now been sent out to leaders in medical education and other representatives for a national consultation…
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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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Atlas of Health and Climate: joint publication by WHO and WMO

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7 Nov 2012
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Frances Mortimer
On 29 October 2012 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published jointly an Atlas of health and climate that provides scientific information on the…
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SHE Network update & invitation to telemeeting: 15 November 2012, 2pm

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31 Oct 2012
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Frances Mortimer
Members of this network are invited to join a telemeeting 2-3pm on Thursday 15th November 2012.The meeting will review recent activity including the following:GMC curriculum consultation working…