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Covid Working and Sustainability

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3 Dec 2021
by
Iona Sinclair
When I think of ‘Covid’ and ‘sustainability’, I immediately think ‘PPE’. Every orange bag that gets filled with single-use aprons, visors, gloves, gowns and masks (not to mention the plastic wrapping…
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How do YOU communicate? (.....about climate change)

Created on
24 Nov 2021
by
Sivan Coleman
As SLTs we love to highlight how important communication is. And communication is key to climate change issues. Do you talk about it? If so…. WHAT are you communicating? There is a lot…
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Calling all Paediatric SLT's

Created on
1 Nov 2021
by
Talie Smith
We are looking for a Paediatric SLT to join our SLTSusnet admin team as we would like to have a broader representation from across the profession. All you need is to be a SLT with some experience of…
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The launch of the Greener Allied Health Professional hub!

Created on
21 Oct 2021
by
Iona Sinclair
Hello everyone! It’s always exciting to be at the forefront of positive changes, isn’t it? Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) have become the first workforce to produce a net carbonzero response in…
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UK attitudes towards waste in cataract surgery

Created on
20 Oct 2021
by
Aijing Wang
Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgery in the world and the UK. Therefore, there are a number of papers looking at carbon footprint of cataract surgery and ways to reduce it. In…
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SLTSusnet on social media

Created on
13 Oct 2021
by
Rachel Barter
We're on social media! Connect with us on twitter, instagram and facebook. Twitter:…
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Why should SLTs care about climate and ecological crisis?

Created on
4 Oct 2021
by
Sivan Coleman
I often feel that, in comparison to other Allied Health Professionals, I have to work a bit harder to justify why we, as SLTs, should care about the climate and ecological crisis (CCE). OTs deal with…
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CFMS HEART: NATIONAL REPORT ON PLANETARY HEALTH EDUCATION 2021

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13 Sep 2021
by
Heather Baid
The Canadian Federation of Medical Students Health and Environment Adaptive Reponse Task Force recently released this report: CFMS HEART: National Report on Planetary Health Education…
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Climate Change Urgency and Action webinar series

Created on
8 Sep 2021
by
Heather Baid
The Intensive Care Society has a fantastic lineup of speakers for a weekly lunchtime (one hour) webinar series called Climate Change Urgency and…
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Hello!

Created on
20 Aug 2021
by
Iona Sinclair
Hello to all of you. Thank you for visiting our network... 2021 saw the first academic paper released defining the links between climate change and the Speech and Language Therapy profession…