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…
Dear colleagues,
We are currently trying out a boot reuse pilot scheme - feasibility, problems for clinicians, etc. and working with some physio teams but need more involved. We are working with…
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…
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…
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…
Orthopaedics and MSK departments use a lot of these boots annually. The majority of the boot is hard plastic and some is foam/fabric material. All of these are binned at the end of their use and I…
As my 18 month contract with RCOT drew to a close I was pleased to be able to represent RCOT at the British Association of Hand Therapist's annual conference on 6-7th Oct 2023. I was able to promote…
Hello all
Has anyone started thinking about Christmas already?
It is hard to believe 2023 has flown by so quickly and we are heading for December in a few days. In the spirit of the upcoming…
Opportunity for Practice Staff in Coventry and Warwickshire ICB,
Birmingham and Solihull ICB, and South Yorkshire ICB to take part
in a brief 5-minute online survey about how their practice is…
The CQC Medicines Optimisation Team has secured funding for research to drive innovation and accelerate improvement in medicines sustainability. This project will deliver a suite of products to…