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"Can a Whisper become a Roar" A call to action for the healthcare community

"As clinicians we are taught to value evidence based interventions that benefit health and wellbeing.

How to … provide tasty, healthy and environmentally friendly hospital meals

A guide for hospital trusts' hotel services, procurement teams and caterers to provide more sustainable food.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

October, 2009

Calling all Q members (Health Foundation) with a passion for sustainability

Calling all sustainability friends… are you a Q member (Health Foundation)?

CSH sustainability school

A quick reminder that CSH has its Sustainability School coming up soon!

Sustainability Series: What is the role of sustainable quality improvement?

As part of CSH's "Sustainability Series" we have this month published a blog on

Conference on Sustainable dentistry - only 2 weeks to go!

Only a couple of weeks left until our conference on Sustainable Dentistry!

Triple Bottom Line Analysis of Eye Motility Services at Moorfields Eye Hospital and its Satellite Clinics

The study analyses the impact of service provision at different locations on health outcomes, cost of service, carbon emissions and patients and their families.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

June, 2018

Sustainability in QI - the time has come!

Health systems are in constant need of improvement - and in some cases total redesign.

Sign up to the CSH newsletter

We are going to be sending out a CSH newsletter next week..

How-to-Guide: Setting up a green space walking group for inpatients in mental health units

CSH is very pleased to announce that we received funding from the Network for Social Change (N4SC) for a project which, over the next year, will de

WFOT Launches Guiding Principles for Sustainability in Occupational Therapy

Last week saw the launch of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists publication ‘Sustainability Matters: Guiding Principles for Sustainabil

Call for submissions: heatwaves (adapting to climate change) select committee inquiry

The House of Commons Select Committee for the environment, the Environmental Audit Committee, is calling for evidence as part of its heatwave enqui

Urban Living Partnership- end of project showcase

Five cities across England have worked over the last 18 months to develop groundbreaking initiatives to help cities realise a vision of healthy, pr

Sustainability Series: Sustainable mental health guides

Making mental healthcare more environmentally sustainable sounds great- but how to do it?

Sustainability Series: Green Space and Health

In celebration of our 10th birthday, we have launched the

Summary of Climate and health session - All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change

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

The Adult Health and Social Care Crisis - Green Infrastructure as Part of the Solution

I was asked to contribute a health-related article for a special Green Infrastructure themed edition of Town and Country Planning, the journal of t

Institutional Rhythms: Ideas and Opportunities for energy and mobility demand in the NHS.

Dr.

National Institute of Health and Care Excellence Surveying its Environmental Impact

As a proof of concept project, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is exploring its guidance's environmental impact.

CSH event on innovation and sustainability

On the 26th July 2017, the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) hosted a Centre for Sustainable Healthcare event on sustainability and innovati

Sustainability in QI - the time has come!

Health systems are in constant need of improvement - and in some cases total redesign.

MH Service Sustainability Review Framework

This framework has been developed as a practical tool for service development or commissioning of sustainable mental health services.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Royal College of Psychiatrists

March, 2017

Guidance for Commissioners of Financially, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Mental Health Services

Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health; Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

October, 2015

Sustainable system-wide commissioning - guide for CCGs

This guide and the associated tools are aimed at Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) that want to deliver system-wide commissioning which will, as a consequence, lead to healthcare services that operate in a more sustainable way.

NHS Institute, Forum for the Future, CSH

February, 2013

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SAP - sustainable action planning resources for clinical teams

SAP is a programme to support clinical teams in taking action for sustainability. Structured around two facilitated workshops, SAP helps front-line staff to learn about sustainable healthcare, focus in on their priorities and put together a green action plan. The action plan can then

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

February, 2010

Urban Living Partnership- end of project showcase

Five cities across England have worked over the last 18 months to develop groundbreaking initiatives to help cities realise a vision of healthy, pr

Sustainability Series: Sustainable mental health guides

Making mental healthcare more environmentally sustainable sounds great- but how to do it?

Sustainability Series: Green Space and Health

In celebration of our 10th birthday, we have launched the

Summary of Climate and health session - All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change

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

The Adult Health and Social Care Crisis - Green Infrastructure as Part of the Solution

I was asked to contribute a health-related article for a special Green Infrastructure themed edition of Town and Country Planning, the journal of t

Institutional Rhythms: Ideas and Opportunities for energy and mobility demand in the NHS.

Dr.

National Institute of Health and Care Excellence Surveying its Environmental Impact

As a proof of concept project, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is exploring its guidance's environmental impact.

CSH event on innovation and sustainability

On the 26th July 2017, the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) hosted a Centre for Sustainable Healthcare event on sustainability and innovati

New 'Active 10' app from PHE to get adults active

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 he

The Impact of Paper Procurement in the NHS.

The NHS has committed to reduce its carbon footprint but, aside from ensuring that legislative targets are reached, the benefits of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions are well documented. Yet the NHS faces increasing financial and service pressures; meaning that ‘green’ working is not always at the forefront of consideration. Many NHS organisations in England procure paper through the NHS Supply Chain Core Stationary list, which only contains paper produced from virgin (non-recycled) sources. As such, out of the 3.6 million reams of paper procured through NHS Supply Chain, only 29,000 were produced from recycled sources.