Diabetes and climate change are two urgent challenges in the21st century. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF)has produced a pioneering policy report that establishesboth the interconnections…
It's Bike Week this week!Its main aim is to encourage colleagues and maybe even patients to get on their bikes and remember how much they enjoy cycling!What can you do:You can send around an email to…
If health is based on social determinants (WHO 2008), if health is based on the physical environment (Barton and Grant 2006), then, just as slavery and apartheid were crimes aganst humanity, ecocide…
Update on SHE Network activities in 2011-12 - including award of HEA grant, GMC liaison, draft curriculum consultation, conference presentations and workshops, publications by SHE members. Download…
If you are involved in teaching or training, or would like to influence the future GP workforce in areas concerning sustainability, you might find the following link to the Severn Deanery website…
I am currently researching a project into the benefits, barriers and practicalities of cycling to work and home visits as a GP. Please let me know your stories if you are a cycling GP.... I would love…
Have you heard about the ‘Productive General Practice'?This is a programme from the NHS Institute which aims to support general practices in realising internal efficiencies, while maintaining quality…
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Its not too late to join in the fun healthy activity of Walking to Work and log your miles onthe Living Streets Website.
Looking at the website 90+ NHS Organisations have signed up…
Almost all the articles and resources in the SHE Network so far have been about medical student teaching. Does anyone know what's going on in nursing courses and for the other health professions?
Two final year medical students in Oxford took part in a two-week special study module (SSM) on “Sustainable Healthcare” in 2011-12. The students each chose to focus on one of thefour dimensions of…