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RCOT Communities

Created on
11 Mar 2025
by
Jacqueline Gordon
Get involved!Please think about applying for a post, www.rcot.co.uk/news/can-you-lead-and-shape-your-community. It is open for everyone no matter what your experience and level of qualification and…
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NHS Wales Sustainability Awards 2025 - Nominations now open

Created on
28 Jan 2025
by
Annie Hill
NHS Wales Sustainability Awards 2025 - Health Industry LeadersEntries are free of charge and are open for industry and NHS Wales services to submit. The deadline for entry submission is February 28,…
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OT Litter Picking Group in Mental Health

Created on
20 Jan 2025
by
Annie Hill
A litter-picking project involving patients at a mental health hospital in Swansea has been highly successful. The Gwelfor occupational therapy team in Cefn Coed Hospital, Swansea was the winner of…
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Introduction and looking for connections

Created on
27 Aug 2024
by
Kimberly Masker
Hello everyone. My name is Kim Masker and I am an OT and certified hand therapist in the US. I am President Elect of the American Society of Hand Therapists and wanted to introduce myself. I'm excited…
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Greener therapeutic ADL kitchens

Created on
25 Jul 2024
by
Lee Roach
Hi I have been given responsibility for writing a new policy on the use of our therapeutic kitchens. Looking at others and existing policies, their is unquestioning use of multiple disposable PPE…
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Can a doctor protest and still be a doctor?

Created on
3 May 2024
by
Marty Climenhaga
Doctors Association UK is concerned about whether doctors should lose their licence to practice if they protest about climate change. Please fill in the survey if you…
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Sustainable Placements: Role Emerging and Leadership Placements for Students

Created on
18 Apr 2024
by
Jacqueline Gordon
Greener AHP week has interesting events for educators and students including the great work done on leadership placements to encourage sustainability networks by Helen McAlinney in Yorkshire - come…
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Tree Planting and Conservation within Occupational Therapy

Created on
28 Mar 2024
by
Harriet White
Technical instructor in the Occupational Therapy Department, Alex Watkins, spoke to me about some projects he's been leading at Langdon Hospital. Alex initially led projects in the woodworking…
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CASCADES Publishes Sustainable Occupational Therapy Playbook

Created on
25 Mar 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis) have published the Sustainable Occupational Therapy playbook, which is available here. This playbook provides background…
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Getting involved in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

Created on
29 Jan 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch took place this weekend, with over 5 million birds counted so far.There’s still time to get involved with service users or colleagues and tell the RSPB what birds you see…