Following in the footsteps of Green Nephology and the other successful speciality programmes, SusOp has grand plans for the transformation of one of the most energy and carbon intensive aspects of…
When I was at school, I remember having a vague sense I wanted to do something to do with either health or the environment. Medicine was a more established path than anything environmental, and seemed…
Royal College of Nursing activists were heading home to “green” their wards after training sessions at the Joint Reps conference last week. It was great to be invited along to the Joint…
Exciting Innovative Sustainability Scholarship Opportunity - 2 Posts Available. The First in Primary Care in the UK. NHS EDUCATION –SOUTH WEST Severn Deanery School of Primary Care Purpose: The…
Over a weekend in April 15 enthusiastic students arrived in London having travelled from as far as Belgium and Belfast, eager to start an international Climate Change and Health programme with the…
Prion risk: where do we draw the line? Millions of nail clippers are incinerated every year across the NHS, as a result of policies to manage the theoretical risk of vCJD, according to an article by…
On 2nd June, the National Network of Medical School Educators of Public Health held a fantastic meeting on teaching climate change and determinants of health to medical students. The meeting was…
The UK Public Health Association’s 17th Annual Public Health Forum (Brighton Centre 25th and 26th march 2009) is majoring on the impacts of climate change on human health. And it has identified Carbon…