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NHS urged to wean itself off child labour
The BMA’s Medical Fair and Ethical Trade group has launched an information campaign telling doctors about the dangerous working conditions and child labour evident in the production of NHS medical supplies.
Carbon reduction to be embedded into NHS London
In a letter to all London Trusts Ruth Carnall, CEO NHS London, requires carbon reduction to be embedded into how they plan and operate. The letter significantly raises the profile of carbon reduction in NHS London with three main requirements:
Lancet: Tackling Climate Change Is Good for Health
The health benefits of strategies for tackling climate change were described as "a convenient truth" at the launch of groundbreaking research published by the Lancet yesterday.
Royal College of Physicians - The Social Determinants of Health: Implications for the Role of the Doctor
How should the climate-health crisis change the role of doctors? What can medical practitioners do now to protect those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change? Can clinicians be advocates for action on climate change with their patients, and how is this best managed?
PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON 10:10
There's going to be an important vote on climate change in parliament this Wednesday. MPs are voting on whether or not the House of Commons and the whole of government should join the 10:10 climate change campaign. This would commit the government (including the Department of Health) to cutting their own emissions by 10% next year.
LGIU Carbon Trading
As reported by the NHS SDU, the Carbon Trading Public Sector 2010-2011 scheme is being offered to NHS Trusts along with other public sector bodies to give organisations advance hands-on experience of the carbon trading process which will be introduced by the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRS EES) in April 2010.
Health professionals make a big splash at the Wave
Take one hospital bed, 50 sets of fairtrade surgical scrubs, one sick planet and over one hundred health professionals. Fire them up with calls for urgent action on climate change from an inspiring team of speakers and unleash them on central London. This is what happened at the health feeder event hosted by the Royal College of Nursing on 5th December prior to the Wave.
Health professionals catch The Wave
‘Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century’ (The Lancet 2009).
Green spaces ‘improve Health’
On 18th of October the BBC published new evidence about the beneficial impact of green spaces on health, especially mental health, based on research from the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
First tree planted in NHS Forest of 1.3 million
An ambitious plan to create forests the size of 2,500 football pitches was launched in Liverpool on Tuesday with senior figures from the NHS and Forestry.