The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists will be holding their regional conference in the West Midlands on September 6th 2024.
The call for abstracts is currently open and will close…
This time next week, we'll be discussing what we can focus on during asthma reviews with our patients. What will help them understand their condition better, take their preventer inhaler, and use the…
Call for papers for a special themed issue of the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice on the climate, nature and pollution crises and how more sustainable medicines use can make a…
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…
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…
As a physiologist I play a significant role in delivering the CPAP service at my Trust. Quite frankly it is terribly wasteful and so for my first post I would like to pose a question:
“does anyone…
There aren't many environmental good news stories at the moment, so I wanted to highlight a recent one, which will also have huge health benefits, especially for respiratory health. Following the…
We are seeking 1-2 new co-leads for the Respiratory Care Sustainability Network. We are keen to have co-leads representing the whole multi-disciplinary respiratory team, so are particularly keen to…
The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP)is seeking to recruit up to sevennew expert members and up to twonew lay members. COMEAP is a Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)…
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…