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Would you like to attend a carbon workshop and/or become a sustainability champion? Read on...

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8 Jul 2014
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Are you interested in how sustainability relates to your work? Those within the Oxford AHSN area (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes) have access to sustainability…
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Choosing wisely

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17 Jun 2014
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Clinical decisions are often complex. There are many factors to take into account and many pressures within the health care context that pull us in different ways. Worryingly, there is increasing…
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The busy month of March

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2 Apr 2014
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This month saw three big events on three subsequent days. On the 26th March I gave the evening lecture at the new college premises, Dame Sue Bailey introduced me and said some really positive words…
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Plant 2 trees @ 2 o'clock for NHS Sustainability Day

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6 Mar 2014
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Mary Zacaroli
NHS Sustainability Day of Action takes place on 27th March, with lots of activities taking place around the country. The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is encouraging partners to plant 2 trees at 2…
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Electric/plug-in hybrids

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5 Mar 2014
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Caroline Gorst-Unsworth
Does anybody out there have experience of increasing staff take up of electric vehicles (either as a personal purchase/lease, or of a pool car scheme)? Our Trust are working on a sustainable…
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The Mental Health Sustainability Gap

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3 Mar 2014
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In designing sustainable mental health services, we need to fully understand our available resources and constraints across environmental, economic and social domains. Only then can models of care be…
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NHS Sustainability Day 2014 - what are you doing?

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20 Feb 2014
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NHS sustainability day is on the 27th March. That is just over 1 month away. This is a great opportunity for us to promote enviromental practices within our teams. Lots of people are signing their…
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Oxford Academic Health Sciences Network leads nationally on sustainability

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12 Feb 2014
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Rachel Stancliffe
Oxford Academic Health Sciences Network (AHSN) is leading the way nationally in prioritising sustainability as a cross-cutting theme. We are pleased to announce that The Centre for Sustainable…
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Health professionals call on David Cameron to act on the health effects of fossil fuel use.

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11 Feb 2014
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This letter, from over 350 signatories from across the health sector, calls on the Prime Minister to act to reduce the use of fossil fuels and prevent the health and economic impacts that result…
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Health professionals call on David Cameron to act on the health effects of fossil fuel use

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11 Feb 2014
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This letter, from over 350 signatories from across the health sector, calls on the Prime Minister to act to reduce the use of fossil fuels and prevent the health and economic impacts that result from…