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OTnews feature about mental health and sustainability

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12 May 2014
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Ben Whittaker
May's edition ofOTnewshas the feature 'Responding to financial, climate and social change' on p.21. Here's a lnk for BAOT members: www.cot.co.uk/latest-features-ot-news/otnews-may-2014
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Social prescribing; a pathway to sustainability?

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6 May 2014
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Could our current mental health care system be too ‘deficit’ focused? This may explain why we have a system that is very well geared up for managing patients during relapse, but a system that has…
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NEW RCPsych sustainability award

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15 Apr 2014
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The RCPsych have created a sustainability award this year for clinical teams who have reduced environmental impact of their practice in some…
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Letter to The Times from Doctors about Climate Change

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8 Apr 2014
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The following letter appeared in the Times on Saturday 29 March 2014.Sir, On Mondaythe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to publish its latest report on the current and projected…
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NHS Change Day 2014

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10 Feb 2014
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NHS Change Day is a movement with a shared purpose of improving health and care. Their mission is to inspire and mobilise people everywhere, staff, patients and the public to dosomething better…
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Patient empowerment

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5 Feb 2014
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One principle of sustainable health care is patient empowerment. Empowering patients to manage their own mental health is a key factor in reducing burden on services and therefore reduced use of…
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The Natural Approach to Meaningful Occupation

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10 Jan 2014
by
Sam Eperson
The Natural Approach to Meaningful Occupation (NAMO) is a model I have designed to aid occupational therapy interventions, considering features of outdoor natural environments. NAMO allows…
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Request to sign an open letter on climate, energy and health to David Cameron

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20 Nov 2013
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Isobel Braithwaite
Hi, My name's Isobel Braithwaite and I'm a medical student at UCL; I've been involved with the CSH in the past as an intern and met some of you at CleanMed Europe. I'm involved in the student…
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Call for help with Patient Transport in Kidney Care

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14 Nov 2013
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Rachel Stancliffe
Hello All! CSH is thinking about starting a project to 1) look at patient transport in kidney care from both carbon and patient experience points of view and 2) run a pilot project in one hospital.…
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Right patient, right time, right place - an example from kidney care

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13 Nov 2013
by
Hugh Rayner
Dialysis treatment for end stage kidney disease is a burden on patients, taxpayers, and the environment. The carbon cost of dialysis is estimated to be seven tonnes CO2 equivalents per year. Although…