CSH is hosting this year'sCleanMed Europeconference, 17-19 September 2013. The emphasis will be on redesigning healthcare for a sustainable future (as opposed to providing the same care more…
The continued use of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) in respiratory care will have a potentially serious effect on global warming if production is not controlled, largely because these inhalers use…
For thoseof us working in the NHS,NHS Sustainability Dayis fast approaching on March 28th. It's agreat chance to raise awareness of sustainabilty issues and it would begood to hear any plans you…
My name is Eleanor and I am a 3rd year medical student at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. I am writing this first blog because I wanted to share some of my experiences in setting up a small group…
When I set out to create a college course about sustainability from the lens of an occupational therapist, I had no idea if it would create any real impact. Would students really care about how their…
Greenhouse Gas Accounting Sector Guidance for Pharmaceutical Products and Medical DevicesA consortium of major global companies has been working with the NHS SDU to agree standards for reporting of…
Hello everyone- I teach in the Dept of OT at Ithaca College, in Ithaca New York, USA. I recently completed my doctoral research looking at the role of occupational therapy in the emerging field of…
Those of you that read my previous OT Susnet bloglast November may rightly have been expecting a number of other blogs to follow shortly afterwards. Indeed, I said that they would be. The next month I…
How can healthcare educators prepare their students for the clinical consequences of an increasingly unstable climate? What role can teachers and trainers have in changing clinical practice to support…
David Pencheon has been quoted recently as seeing opportunity in the disruption caused by the passing of the Health and Social Care Act.
With new commissioning groups forming, priorities and visions…