A network for occupational therapy practitioners, students and educators interested in exploring sustainable practice and looking for resources.

Find more information about Sustainable Occupational Therapy here, and our resource library here.

OTnews article: A Greener Future

OTnews article by Ben Whittaker and Sonia Roschnik exploring sustainable healthcare, with examples of sustainable occupational therapy practice.

RCOT members can view issues of OTnews here: www.rcot.co.uk/news/otnews

OTnews. 28(11): pp.24-27

November, 2020

The carbon footprint of waste streams in a UK hospital

This article by CSH's Sustainable Surgery Fellow, Chantelle Rizan, and co-authors, provides greenhouse gas emission factors for the different healthcare waste streams in the UK.

Highlights:

Journal of Cleaner Production

December, 2020

Environmental impact of PPE in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic

Article: Environmental impact of Personal Protective Equipment supplied to health and social care services in England in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chantelle Rizan, Malcolm Reed, Mahmood F Bhutta

MedRxiv preprint

December, 2020

SHARE conference - 7 May 2021 online

Sustainable Healthcare Academic Research and Enterprise

Your Thoughts About A Greener Future

The cover story for this month's OTnews is about A Greener Future.

Three days left to shape the RCOT Annual Conference 2021

RCOT members have three days left to help shape the programme for next year's Annual Conference. For the first time the conference is going t

Upcoming free event - Remote Consultations: What’s their role in Sustainable Healthcare?

Join us & our inspiring speakers to consider the role of remote consultations and care as part of a sustainable healthcare service and whether

Last days to sign up to our Carbon Footprinting for Healthcare Course

This training course will help health professionals, quality improvement leads and medical students to become carbon literate.

Sustainability in Quality Improvement: 2 days left to sign up

This is an intensive course to introduce health professionals and educators to the concept of ‘sustainable value’ and the ‘SusQI’ frame

Three days left to apply for Sustainability Volunteer positions

The closing date for applications for three Sustainblity Volunteer positions at CSH is this Monday 14th September at 9am

Opportunity for an AHP Sustainability Volunteer at CSH

A position is available for an AHP Sustainability Volunteer at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.

Become an Occupational Therapy Sustainability Volunteer with CSH

We have two new vacancies for Occupational Therapy Sustainability Volunteers at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.

Green Walking in mental health recovery: A Guide

Green walking is about moving through a natural space. This simple act brings multiple benefits to physical, social and mental health. It can improve patients’ progress during hospitalisation and their recovery and rehabilitation. It is also great for staff.

May, 2020

Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare goes international!

Our first Introduction course was by attended remotely by health professionals from across the UK, Australia and Canada.

Request for OT representation for the AHP Food and Diet working group

Environmental sustainability is one of the Chief Allied Health Professions officers key work programmes for 2020/21 .

AHP Environmental sustainability survey closing 31st July 2020

We have had a phenomenal response to the survey with over 800 responses with 74 so far from Occupational Therapists, would be great to get more.&nb

The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

Background: Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats to human health.

July, 2020

Recording: National Allied Health Professions Sustainability Webinar

This is a recording of the AHP Sustainability webinar from June 18th 2020, part of the National Allied Health Professions fornightly webinar series.

June, 2020

AHP Sustainability Survey: Deadline Extended Until 31st July

NHS Improvement's AHP Sustainability Survey has 11 questions and should take about 5-15 minutes to complete:

AHP Sustainability Survey: Four Days Left

NHS Improvement's AHP Sustainability Survey is designed to help understand how Allied Health Professionals are addressing sustainability issue

OTnews article: A Greener Future

OTnews article by Ben Whittaker and Sonia Roschnik exploring sustainable healthcare, with examples of sustainable occupational therapy practice.

RCOT members can view issues of OTnews here: www.rcot.co.uk/news/otnews

OTnews. 28(11): pp.24-27

November, 2020

Sustainability in QI - the time has come!

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

Sustainability in Quality Improvement learning resources

Sustainability has been recognised as a domain of quality in healthcare, and building it into quality improvement (QI) is a practical way to drive incremental change towards a more ethical, sustainable health system.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

March, 2017

10:10 OT checklist

Tick off 10 actions to cut CO2 by 10% in your occupational therapy department

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

April, 2010

I'm an OT - what can I do?

Browse this Networks's Resources in the Resource Library

OTnews article: A Greener Future

OTnews article by Ben Whittaker and Sonia Roschnik exploring sustainable healthcare, with examples of sustainable occupational therapy practice.

RCOT members can view issues of OTnews here: www.rcot.co.uk/news/otnews

OTnews. 28(11): pp.24-27

November, 2020

The carbon footprint of waste streams in a UK hospital

This article by CSH's Sustainable Surgery Fellow, Chantelle Rizan, and co-authors, provides greenhouse gas emission factors for the different healthcare waste streams in the UK.

Highlights:

Journal of Cleaner Production

December, 2020

Environmental impact of PPE in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic

Article: Environmental impact of Personal Protective Equipment supplied to health and social care services in England in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chantelle Rizan, Malcolm Reed, Mahmood F Bhutta

MedRxiv preprint

December, 2020

Green Walking in mental health recovery: A Guide

May, 2020

The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

Background: Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats to human health.

July, 2020

Recording: National Allied Health Professions Sustainability Webinar

This is a recording of the AHP Sustainability webinar from June 18th 2020, part of the National Allied Health Professions fornightly webinar series.

June, 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

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

Quality Improvement: Creatively Designing Sustainable Services

Slides from workshop at 2017 annual RCOT conference (session 67).

June, 2017

Sustainability in Quality Improvement learning resources

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

March, 2017

SHARE conference - 7 May 2021 online

Sustainable Healthcare Academic Research and Enterprise

Your Thoughts About A Greener Future

The cover story for this month's OTnews is about A Greener Future.

Three days left to shape the RCOT Annual Conference 2021

RCOT members have three days left to help shape the programme for next year's Annual Conference. For the first time the conference is going t

Upcoming free event - Remote Consultations: What’s their role in Sustainable Healthcare?

Join us & our inspiring speakers to consider the role of remote consultations and care as part of a sustainable healthcare service and whether

Last days to sign up to our Carbon Footprinting for Healthcare Course

This training course will help health professionals, quality improvement leads and medical students to become carbon literate.

Sustainability in Quality Improvement: 2 days left to sign up

This is an intensive course to introduce health professionals and educators to the concept of ‘sustainable value’ and the ‘SusQI’ frame

Three days left to apply for Sustainability Volunteer positions

The closing date for applications for three Sustainblity Volunteer positions at CSH is this Monday 14th September at 9am

Opportunity for an AHP Sustainability Volunteer at CSH

A position is available for an AHP Sustainability Volunteer at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.

Become an Occupational Therapy Sustainability Volunteer with CSH

We have two new vacancies for Occupational Therapy Sustainability Volunteers at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.

Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare goes international!

Our first Introduction course was by attended remotely by health professionals from across the UK, Australia and Canada.

Has anyone ever organised a...

Has anyone ever organised a litter picking event with patients? Our unit is next to a stream and community park which is often very littered. I have some interest from a few patients to try to maintain these areas for the local community. I'm guessing I could approach the local council but I'm not sure where I would stand with insurance etc. If anyone has any advice I would be really grateful. Thank you.

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