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NHS Forest Christmas Newsletter

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13 Dec 2016
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The NHS Forest has published a seasonal Newsletter. As well as some festive links, including our good friends at the Tree Charter, this issuepicks up some of our recent work on the subject of…
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Very interesting piece on...

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11 Nov 2016
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Very interesting piece on the health impacts of protected cycle lanes. H/T Nigel Blandford, National Trust.
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Final programme released for Transforming Mental Health and Dementia Provision with the Natural Environment conference

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3 Nov 2016
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We're pleased to release our final programme for the upcoming "Transforming Mental Health and Dementia Provision with the Natural Environment" conference, which will take place Thursday 10th November…
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Choosing wisely - recommendations from the RCGP

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2 Nov 2016
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Jonathan Rocks
A helpful guide for those of us working in primary care as set out by the recent Choosing Wisely campaign. More info to be found at http://www.choosingwisely.co.uk 1. When patients are particularly…
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£2.2 billion public health payoff from green spaces

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23 Sep 2016
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The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare welcomes a study, reported in the journal “Preventative Medicine”, which has calculated that the public purse benefits to the tune of £2.2 billion each year, from…
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Pretty hot isn’t it?

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25 Aug 2016
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This week NHS England escalated their heatwave warning from a level two to a three. Seems like a good time to flag up the resources that I’m aware of that exist to support NHS staff in planning for…
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Preventable deaths data for Europe

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9 Jun 2016
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Eurostat data published online and also discussed in the Lancet sets a staggering prevention challenge for us. One million of the 1.7 million deaths that occured in the under 75s in 2013 might have…
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Physical inactivity: economic costs to NHS clinical commissioning groups

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28 May 2016
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This short report from Public Health England provides analysis based on NHS England's 2010 to 2014 programme budgeting data. It looks at population attributable fractions for ischaemic heart disease,…
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Funding available for innovations to improve health care

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11 May 2016
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Frances Mortimer
The Health Foundation, an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK, has £1.5 million available for up to 20 teams to test and develop…
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Green Ward teams show impact of clinical sustainability projects

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4 May 2016
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Frances Mortimer
On NHS Sustainability Day 2016, clinical teams at two Trusts showed what can be achieved at ward and department level to improve sustainability. Taking part in CSH’s Green Ward Competition, teams…