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Best practice in commissioning green prescriptions - join the training course!

The Ecosystems Knowledge Network are running a one-day training course on 7th June 2017, 10:00 - 16:30, to help professionals working in the health

Work experience opportunity with Centre for Sustainable Healthcare: Reminder

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is looking for a dynamic, creative and analytical Research and Communications Officer (volunteer position)&nb

Unmask My City: Anti-air pollution campaign launched in Europe

The anti-air pollution campaign 'Unmask My City' has been launched today, 2nd May, coinci

A great opportunity for Clinical Commissioning Groups

We have a great opportunity for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to work on sustainable commissioning and sustainable healthcare by participati

Naturally Healthy?

On 2nd March CSH and the Ecosystems Knowledge Network delivered a Valuing Nature Programme event to ensure that tools and methods are available to

Too much medicine: insights and explanations from economic theory and research

I hope this might be interesting to some members, this article reports on work we have been doing to look at overuse in health care as a form of overconsumption, and examines health care overuse from the perspectives of ecological economics and sustainable consumption (amongst other economic pers

January, 2017

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

Street Triage in Brighton and Hove - Thoughts on the Sustainability Angle?

As part of my role as Psychiatry Sustainability Scholar for 2016/17, I have been attached to Brighton and Hove CCG and had the opportunity to gain

NHS Trusts Save Money by Donating Reusable Waste

St Bart’s NHS Trust were the first Trust in the NHS to benefit from using Globechain, a new online “freecycle” platform.

National health organisations make their commitments to sustainable development

The Department of Health and eight major health organisations have stated their organisational commitments to deliver a socially and environmentall

New report 'Good practice in social prescribing for mental health: The role of nature-based interventions'

The report 'Good practic

how to avoid unnecessary sterilisation procedures?

I am trying to set up a virtual clinic that will involve using an endoscope to examine the ear drum and subsequently capture the findings photograp

The information from the...

The information from the recent Valuing Nature conference held in Manchester Town Hall on 18th October,

Job Vacancy at the Sustainable Development Unit

The Sustainable Development Unit of NHS and PH England (SDU) is looking for a Sustainability Projects Analyst & Programme Manager

Final programme released for Transforming Mental Health and Dementia Provision with the Natural Environment conference

We're pleased to release our final programme for the upcoming "Transforming Mental Health and Dementia Provision with the Natural Environment" conf

Green and Healthy Marston

Thanks to a grant from Big Lottery's 'Awards for All' and the generosity of several other donors, The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare has coordin

COP22 Conference on Climate and Health Care- Marrakech, November 14

As world leaders convene in Marrakech to map out strategies to achieve the climate goals agreed upon in Paris, Health Care Without Harm and The Moh

Conference: Transforming Mental Health and Dementia Provision with the Natural Environment

LAST FEW DAYS AT EARLY BIRD RATE!

£2.2 billion public health payoff from green spaces

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare welcomes a study, reported in the journal “Preventative Medicine”, which has calculated that the public purse

Saving Lives with Solar: NHS Community Energy Scheme

The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) would like to invite you to become involved in our truly unique and sustainable Communi

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Utilizing off-the-shelf LCA methods to develop a ‘triple bottom line’ auditing tool for global cataract surgical services

The cataract surgery audit tool ‘Eyefficiency’ was designed to identify opportunities for sites to minimize the footprint of cataract surgical services and to increase access to cataract surgery for patients worldwide.

May, 2020

Prescribing Movement resource

This toolkit gives you everything you need for a 1 minute, 5 minute and even more minute conversation, complete with step-by-step guides, behavioural change insights and all the evidence to back it up.

Moving Medicine

January, 2020

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

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

Making Sense of Social Prescription

The University of Westminster has published an excellent explanatory document on social prescription. It's a fantastic end to end resource with explanations of terminology, structures, different types of social prescription, and referral examples.

August, 2017

Too much medicine: insights and explanations from economic theory and research

January, 2017

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

CCG case studies on prevention and early diagnosis

NHS Clinical Commissioners have launched a new publication: Delivering a healthier future: How CCGs are leading the way on prevention and early diagnosis.

NHS Clinical Commissioners

January, 2016

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 Mental Health Care Powerpoint presentation - by Sonia Sangha

Presentation on: 'Sustainable Mental Health Care.'

Given as part of my role as Sustainability Representative for the Royal College of Psychiatrists – Yorkshire and Humber Trust.

Dr. Sonia Sangha (Psychiatry CT3 in Humber NHS Foundation Trust)

January, 2014

COVID-19: Microbes, Nature and Health - PhD Research Questionnaire

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Cambridge research: 'Making safer emergency hospitals'

The university has just posted our work on limiting droplet dispersion in rapidly adapted emergency COVID-19 hospitals as a short film and web news

Cambridge research: 'Making safer emergency hospitals'

The university has just posted our work on limiting droplet dispersion in rapidly adapted emergency COVID-19 hospitals as a short film and web news

JOB OPPORTUNITY: CSH Education Lead for Quality Improvement

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is recruiting to a new full-time, permanent position based at least two days per week in our office in Oxford. Application deadline 10 February.