A (belated) happy new year to all our Occupational TherapySusnet members!
This month marks one year since we created our three Occupational Therapy Sustainability Volunteer roles at CSH. I’d like…
1. Consider how you travelto work and at work
Active Travel – is there a means of travel you could use that keeps you active? Many places offer the Cycle to Work scheme (normally up to £1000) and…
This month, I was fortunate enough to enrol on a course facilitated by my Trust called ‘Lean For Leaders’. The course is intended for leaders, looking and lean pathways and lean ways of working, based…
Hello! I'm Kat, I'm a student at London South Bank, and I was one of the sustainability volunteers at CSH.
Having recently left my post I thought it would be good for me to sum up my role and what…
This was a very research-rich event which clearly put climate change on the health 'to-do' list. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change (one of the organisers) has produced a good summary…
I was asked to contribute a health-related article for a special Green Infrastructure themed edition of Town and Country Planning, the journal of the TCPA.
This is the outcome. It is driven largely…
Nearly 1 in 4 people in England are classified as ‘inactive’, doing under 30 minutes of physical activity a week, and face the greatest risks to health as a result. The UK Chief Medical Officers…
As many NHS professionals will be aware the NHS has committed to reduce its carbon footprint in line with the Climate Change Act (2008) but, aside from ensuring that legislative targets are reached,…
At theRCOT annual conferencein Birmingham I co-facilitated a workshop with Ben Whittaker called ‘Quality Improvement: Creatively designing sustainable services’ (you can download the slideshere). With…
This morning saw the start of the 41st COT Annual Conference, at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. The conference used to bea three day event but is now a jam-packed two days!
I'll…