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JRF's new report on community resilience to climate change

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24 Nov 2015
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This evidence review looks at how the resilience of communities to climate change in the UK is currently understood and practised? It explores this varied and contested field to build the…
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The link between diet and...

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24 Nov 2015
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Michael Pearce
The link between diet and climate change seems to finally be getting some press: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34899066 - an insightful summary of the Chatham House Report: Changing…
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BMJ Editorial this week ...

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20 Nov 2015
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Arif Ahmed
BMJ Editorial this week 'Combating climate change' http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6178 This editorial gives an overview of the current issues in climate change and health. The related…
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New outdoor gym equipment and woodland walks help preventative care in Doncaster

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13 Nov 2015
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Jacqueline Cutting
The Friends of Woodfield Park, a community group in Doncaster, have recently set up a weekly woodland walk in the grounds of the former St Catherine's Hospital adjacent to Tickhill Road Hospital. Last…
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YPWD Win Psychiatric Team of the Year!

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11 Nov 2015
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Michael Pearce
Congratulations to the Young People with Dementia team in Wokingham in Berkshire, having won the RCPsych Psychiatric Team of the Year Award for older adults 2015! The charity, which promotes…
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My own contribution to the green movement

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8 Nov 2015
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Jayaindra Fernando
As a consultant general surgeon in Sri Lanka, always found time to pursue hobbies of wildlife and painting. As a spin off started growing a arboretum of trees native and endemic to Sri Lanka. This has…
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Progress on Ethylene Oxide in Sri Lanka

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8 Nov 2015
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Jayaindra Fernando
Ethylene Oxide sterilization has been use for recycling some consumable surgical items in Sri Lanka as well as rest of South Asia. The Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka has directed that herewith this…
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New research shows brisk walking most effective at reducing weight

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5 Nov 2015
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Jacqueline Cutting
New research by the London School of Economics (LSE) shows that regular brisk walking is the best exercise for keeping weight down. The research compared 30min of high impact walking with the same…
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Tackling Childhood Obesity in West Yorkshire: The role of nature and the outdoors

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3 Nov 2015
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CSH and the Ecosystems Knowledge Network are holding a workshop on the 25th November in partnership with South Pennines LNP. The workshop aims to bring about effective working relationships between…
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Launch of the new JCP-MH Guidance for Commissioners

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28 Oct 2015
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Oliver Bashford
Yesterday at the Royal College of Nursing in central London, a group of clinicians, commissioners and other interested parties gathered for the launch of the new joint commissioning panel for mental…