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New Asthma Toolkit for GPs on Greener Practice website

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13 Apr 2022
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Aarti Bansal
Greener Practice have launced an asthma toolkit designed to help GP practices improve outcomes for patients with asthma whilst also reducing carbon emissions. It will help practices achieve the PCN…
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9 things you can do for your health and the planet

Created on
22 Mar 2022
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Bethan Davies
This series of recommendations launched by UK climate and health experts (Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust,…
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Pharmaceutical pollution

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9 Mar 2022
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Bethan Davies
Good resource on pharmaceutical pollution - public bodies in Scotland working together to reduce pharmaceutical pollution in the environment. https://ohbp.org/ This is an environmental cost that…
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The breathe green project- low carbon inhaler clinical champion scheme & resources; https://www.breathegreenproject.com

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17 Feb 2022
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Ross Sayers
We are launching a green respiratory care and inhaler clinical champion scheme to improve awareness of the potential to reduce the NHS carbon footprint through low carbon inhaler use in both primary…
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Association between greenspace and blood pressure: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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24 Jan 2022
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Jacqueline Cutting
This new review shows a positive link between greenspace and blood pressure. Meta-analysis showed a decrease in blood pressure and risk of hypertension in a greater greenspace living…
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Inhaler switching on Radio 4!

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22 Jan 2022
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Jennifer Nixon
This week's "Inside Health" on BBC Radio 4 devoted half the programme to the climate impact of MDI inhalers, and the potental benefits (envrinomental and clinical) of switching inhalers. A great…
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First steps to SusQI - A simple Sustainability Audit

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7 Jan 2022
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Sarah Walpole
Whatdo we wantyoutodo? Wewillprovideyouwitha questionnaireforyoutoundertakewithatleast20patientsinyourhospital. The questionnaire isan'inhaler…
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WSO webinar - environment and stroke

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13 Oct 2021
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Bethan Davies
Upcoming WSO webinaron effects of climate change on stroke and opportunities for stroke prevention - should be well worth watching. With previous WSO webinars, if you have registered, you can watch…
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CFMS HEART: NATIONAL REPORT ON PLANETARY HEALTH EDUCATION 2021

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13 Sep 2021
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Heather Baid
The Canadian Federation of Medical Students Health and Environment Adaptive Reponse Task Force recently released this report: CFMS HEART: National Report on Planetary Health Education…
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Climate Change Urgency and Action webinar series

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8 Sep 2021
by
Heather Baid
The Intensive Care Society has a fantastic lineup of speakers for a weekly lunchtime (one hour) webinar series called Climate Change Urgency and…