Psychiatrist working on education about environmental sustainability 'A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at...' O.W.
Joined January 2011
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
16 Jul 2023
Last week I went to an academic conference about mental health, during an unprecedented heatwave, & the first plenary session was dedicated to the climate crisis as the biggest threat to mental health. But when I tried to talk to other attendees about our own actions...
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10 Jul 2023
As members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, we ask that the college move its bank account from Barclays to an ethical and sustainable bank. - Sign the Petition! chng.it/46nF4M7R via @UKChange
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
9 Mar 2022
Great #SusQi @SusHealthcare workshop today. Fantastic to hear about sustainable quality improvement projects happening in practice 🌱. If you’re interested in learning about Sustainable Quality Improvement (SusQi) go to 👇
sustainablehealthcare.org.uk…
#greenhealthcare
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
9 Mar 2022
@VictoriaI_Stan kicking off the Sustainable Quality Improvement online workshop this morning. 💚#SusQi Looking forward to hearing everyone ideas for sustainable quality improvement projects. #QI #sustainablehealthcare #GreenerNHS
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
9 Mar 2022
@studarch discussing the environmental impacts of healthcare and how we can apply the #SusQi framework to reduce environmental costs and improve population health💚#sustainablehealthcare #GreenNHS
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
16 Jan 2022
At med school the focus is on science - biology, physics, biochemistry.
The more I work in healthcare the more I realise that the subjects we really need to learn are anthropology, psychology, and philosophy.
Medicine is an art.
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
1 Dec 2021
For the past six weeks, @amywestervelt and @MaryHeglar have been writing on climate issues as a guest columnists. And what a superb run. They started with a plan to fix climate journalism: thenation.com/article/enviro…
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
30 Nov 2021
Pleased to see this partnership with @SusHealthcare 👇
30 Nov 2021
📅Our next specialty-specific foundation course, Sustainable #MentalHealthcare is being held 13th Jan!
♻️Learn how to develop social, environmental & financial sustainability in mental health services
sustainablehealthcare.org.uk…
@rcpsych #mentalhealtheducation
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
24 Nov 2021
The #SusQi live training session has got off to a great start with a great mix of motivated healthcare professionals and @SusHealthcare. #qualityimprovement definitely provides the tools and methods to put thinking into action.
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
Check out this fantastic course for Mental Health and Sustainability by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare. It has a host of fantastic speakers including those on our committee. @KatherineKennet @jkrzanow @h_pinto13 sustainablehealthcare.org.uk…
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
16 Nov 2021
This landmark outdoor health care project at University Hospital Llandough @OurHealthMeadow with @Health_Charity @CV_UHB is really gathering momentum @wgdep_health @WGClimateChange @WGHealthandCare @WGRural @vaughangething @sophiehowe @GreenHWales
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
7 Nov 2021
"We're out in the streets protesting. We're protesting because we're angry - and we are right to. We have seen a failure of leadership. When we express our anxiety, we are left out of the room. We are not being invited in." - @CloverHogan at #COP26.
#RaceToZero #RaceToResilience
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
6 Nov 2021
A Rwandan explains why they rejected Western psychologists after the genocide
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
1 Nov 2021
Our latest #meded paper is out! This one addresses some of the challenges and strategies for helping medical students create positive social and environmental impact through quality improvement practices #sustainablehealthcare #susqi #ClimateCrisis #MedEd
rdcu.be/cAvsj
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
15 Oct 2021
Mental health trusts are preoccupied with length of stay as measure of how well they cope with demand.
Bed occupancy tells you more about quality and the system
Staff stress, patient experience and safety associated with lower bed occupancy
@NHSBenchmarking @SteveWatkinsNHS
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
29 Aug 2021
‘A doctor speaks out on the life-threatening hole at the heart of medical training’
Thanks @euronewsgreen @euronews @ecomaeve
euronews.com/green/2021/08/2…
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
27 Aug 2021
"Doctors who believe that medicine and politics are entirely separate will be seen as fundamentally out of touch with medicine or politics, or both"
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
Extreme weather events, including heatwaves, wildfires, floods, storms and droughts, are increasing in frequency and intensity – widening existing health inequalities
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Stuart d'Arch Smith retweeted
16 Jun 2021
Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change is a category in #TheBMJAwards.
Sponsored by @BSI_UK, the award recognises teams taking action to reduce the impact of their practice on the environment #climatechange #ukhealthcare @SusHealthcare
thebmjawards.bmj.com/?utm_so…
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