2014 July
NHS staff get their hands dirty in aid of Doncaster community centre
July 17, 2014
NHS staff from across Yorkshire got their hands dirty for a good cause on Friday 11 April by helping at a community engagement gardening project at Cantley Community Centre in Doncaster. Staff from NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS West and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit (WSYB CSU) undertook the gardening […]
...read the full articleA day to make a difference
July 17, 2014
Local health staff are taking a day out of their normal routine to give a day centre for local people with dementia a facelift. The dementia group which meets in Armley Grange House five days a week uses a listed building, built in 1801 as a mill owner’s residence. The centre currently has peeling paint […]
...read the full articleNHS staff help local children to discover a love of reading
July 17, 2014
Members of the NHS in Bradford have been helping a local primary school to sort out their library books, as part of their commitment to their local community. Nine volunteers from NHS West and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit (WSYB CSU) based in Douglas Mill on Manchester Road, spent two half days out […]
...read the full articleLooking at how mental health services can become more sustainable
July 16, 2014
A Royal College of Psychiatrists survey has found wide variation in practice among clinicians in relation to sustainability issues. In 2013 Royal College of Psychiatrists, in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, created a fellowship to explore the issue of sustainability in mental health. The project has run two surveys this year. The first […]
...read the full articleNew report shows need for swift action to prepare for climate change
July 16, 2014
The resilience of transport networks, homes, hospitals and water supplies in England need to be enhanced to counter the more frequent and severe flooding and heatwaves that can be expected in future according to a new report. The Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change, the Government’s offcial adviser on climate change, published its […]
...read the full articleBMA moves away from fossil fuel companies
July 16, 2014
The British Medical Association, the representative body of doctors in the UK, has voted to end its investments in fossil fuel companies, making it the first health organisation in the world to do so. The BMA will now look to transfer their investments from energy companies providing renewable energy sources. The motion was passed by […]
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