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Remediating hospital paper cup wastage - challenges and recommendations.

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3 Jul 2017
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Robin Jones
Remediating paper cup wastage in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford – A summary The Oxford University Student Consultancy, on behalf of Medact Oxford, consulted with consumers and providers of hot…
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Social Prescribing - the future?

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11 Jun 2017
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Jonathan Rocks
I recently attended a conference at the King’s Fund in London entitled ‘Social prescribing; from rhetoric to reality’. It was a great day with lots of interesting speakers sharing their views and…
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Cheddar Inter-Generations Project

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30 May 2017
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GP Sustainability scholar, Dr Claudia Wegner, is working on a project to improve the wellbeing of the elderly population in Cheddar. The initiative provides time and space for younger and older people…
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Inaugural IAPB Environmental Sustainability Working Group meeting Sept 15th

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25 May 2017
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Andy Cassels-Brown
The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness is the main partner in the W.H.O."VISION 2020; Right to Sight" global initiative to prevent avoidable blindness by 2020. The IAPB board…
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Winner of the 2017 Sustainable ophthalmology prize announced

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24 May 2017
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John Somner
The Leeds Collective including Andy Cassels-Brown, Simon Dewsbery, Jen Green, Mitch Menage and Peter Galloway from St James's University Hospital won this year's sustainability prize for their work on…
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May 2017 - The return of the Sustainable Ophthalmology Prize

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22 May 2017
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John Somner
This is the second year of the sustainable ophthalmology prize at the Annual Congress of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. Seventy-three clinical teams entered of whom 15 have been…
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Environmental Sustainability and Healthcare Sustainability, two sides of the same coin

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10 May 2017
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Dr Frances Mortimer (Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Oxford) and Sir Muir Gray (Value Based Healthcare, University of Oxford) lead a session at the [“Igniting Collective Excellence”,] International…
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Unmask My City: Anti-air pollution campaign launched in Europe

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2 May 2017
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Ingeborg Steinbach
The anti-air pollution campaign 'Unmask My City' has been launched today, 2nd May, coinciding with World Asthma Day 2017. It is a global initiative by doctors, nurses, public health practitioners, and…
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Harvard school of public health climate change and health podcasts

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27 Apr 2017
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These 15/20 minute entry-level podcasts recorded in February 2017 look at what we know about the way in which climate change affects health and the steps we can take. Both are interviews with Dr Aaron…
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A great opportunity for Clinical Commissioning Groups

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27 Apr 2017
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Ingeborg Steinbach
We have a great opportunity for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to work on sustainable commissioning and sustainable healthcare by participating in CSH’s CCG Sustainability Scholars…