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How Doctors can close the gap (from SDU bulletin)

Wed, 16/06/2010

The SDU has been working with the Royal College of Physicians to look at how doctors can help reduce health inequality in the UK. The resulting document considers how doctors can help influence people to live healthier and in many cases a lower carbon lifestyle (i.e. more cycling etc) and how they can help reduce the overall carbon footprint of the health service. Visit the website for more information. 

Natural Health Service Manifesto (Natural England 2009)

 

Sixty years ago the National Health Service was founded on two principles: that comprehensive healthcare should be available to all; and that it should be free at the point of delivery. Today, in order to reap the benefits that the natural environment can provide for our health we need to uphold two new principles. Firstly, that good quality green space needs to be equally available to everyone. And secondly that health professionals should embrace the use of the natural environment in preventing diseases of 21st Century living.

Physical Activity and the Environment - NICE Guidance (Jan 2008)

 

This quick reference guide presents the recommendations on ‘Promoting and creating built or natural environments that encourage and support
physical activity’. It is for NHS and other professionals who have a direct or indirect role in – and responsibility for – the built or natural
environment. This includes those working in local authorities and the education, community, voluntary and private sectors. It may also be of
interest to members of the public. The guidance offers the first national, evidence-based recommendations on how to improve the physical environment to encourage physical activity. It demonstrates the importance of such improvements and the need to evaluate how they impact on the public’s health.

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