Chronic stress is linked to a range of serious mental and physical health conditions. This wide-ranging review of the evidence shows the clear role of nature in managing stress.

#GreenerAHP Week is coming soon. The Green Space for Health/NHS Forest team will be leading an online event on Friday 26 April. Find out more ➡️ england.nhs.uk/ahp/greener-ah…

What are the barriers to embedding environmental sustainability into your quality improvement initiatives? We would love to hear your thoughts! Come and talk to us at the #Quality2024 #London conference this week!
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CSHs very own .@Catherine_ia is speaking at the #Quality2024 #London conference on inspiring, enabling and empowering staff for #NetZero approaches to healthcare, come and hear how you can easily integrate sustainability into all service improvement and reduce carbon #QITwitter

One of the bigger projects we have supported this season - so exciting to see what has been achieved! 👏

Join the growing number of NHS sites already benefiting from NHS Forest trees. Our tree planting programme has increased by 163% from last year. Find out more - nhsforest.org

Do you have ideas about how to use green space in clinical practice? Want to chat with other people doing similar work? Join our Green Space for Health Network and be part of a community exploring best practice and new thinking. networks.sustainablehealthcare.org.uk

🌳 Trees on healthcare sites can count towards urban tree cover and potentially save lives. A study in The Lancet found that a third of those deaths in cities due to high temperatures could be prevented by achieving a tree cover of 30%. buff.ly/3uDV2AX

Brilliant example of how co-design is possible for green space healthcare projects. 👏

Planning a green space project, but don't know how to start? Sign up for our next Green Space for Health course. sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/courses/green-…

More trees means less air pollution which means better respiratory health. We're here to help healthcare sites plant trees to support the health and wellbeing of their staff, patients and local communities. #InternationalDayofForests

The NHS Forest team is celebrating #InternationalDayofForests . 🥳We've just had our best ever season for planting trees and almost tripled the amount we planted last year. A huge thank you to the 117 sites who have planted trees and made a difference to their sites. 👏

📢 UK #nurses and #midwives - We need you for a #qualityimprovement project to explore environmental sustainability within nursing and midwifery. Complete this short survey to help us target workplace changes: imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6F…
#nursing #midwifery #sustainablehealthcare

Interested in sustainable healthcare in practice? Join NHS Forest's Sarah Jordan and Dan Loveard and CSH's Dr Ayoma Ratnappuli for tomorrow's Queen's Nursing Institute webinar.

This #InternationalDayOfHappiness we wanted to share some of the evidence around mental health and nature. It seems intuitive that being in nature can be restorative, but what current research backs this up?nhsforest.org/blog/happy-to-…

More trees in the ground! 😍

CSH has been collborating with The Queen's Nursing Institute on a series of webinars about #sustainablehealthcare . On 21 March Sarah Jordan and Dan Loveard from the NHS Forest team will be joining Dr Ayoma Ratnappuli to discuss examples of susQI in the community. Register now: qni.org.uk/news-and-event…

New campaign from The Wildlife Trusts encouraging people who have benefitted from green #socialprescribing to share their feedback and experiences with GPs across the country. To get involved, visit: wildlifetrusts.org/nature-helps
#NatureHelps

It's #SocialPrescribingDay and we're sharing a blog all about the benefits of green social prescribing. From gardening to tree planting - getting outside in nature can have a healing effect. Read more: nhsforest.org/blog/green-soc…

Want to develop a green space for health project but don't know where to start? Join our course! sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/courses/green-…