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Category: Prevention

Making Every Mouthful Count

Starting out on the Green Impact for Health (GIFH) toolkit 6 years ago, two seemingly basic criteria jumped out as easy wins: FO01 and FOD05; switching all tea and coffee to Fairtrade, and ridding the fridge of practice-bought dairy milk; replacing it instead with fortified plant-milk. How naïve I was. In a semi-rural Yorkshire practice,

10 ways to reduce air pollution in and around your surgery

Air pollution – indoors, as well as in our cities, towns and neighbourhoods – is a major public health concern which calls for wider recognition and action…

Gardening for health: Serge Hill welcomes Greener Practice

The scientific evidence is now clear that nurturing plants can in turn nurture us – as gardeners have always known. Harnessing this knowledge in general practice not only helps patients live healthier, more fulfilled lives, it also benefits nature and saves money. Healing and the transformative power of nature were themes of a recent talk

RCGP Net Zero Podcast

We’re delighted to share this RCGP podcast featuring one of our previous directors, Dr Liliana Risi. On the table for discussion are climate health equity, the environmental benefits of social prescribing and Liliana’s passion for the role of music in healthcare, in particular to help with breathing.

What’s climate change got to do with appraisal?

Dr Katherine Brown describes how appraisal is connected to sustainability.

The White House Cyclists

Practice staff at the White House Practice describes joy in cycling to work.