Generally, a case study is an in-depth, detailed examination of a particular case within a real-world context. A sustainability specific case study in a medical or healthcare setting for example, may focus on an individual patient or ailment, or or a department-wide problem to be solved. 

Here are some examples of case studies published in our Resource Library:

This pathway based project is a good example of a simple change that is saving a lot of MDT staff time - Hand Therapy Pre-operative Appointment for Plastic Hand Trauma Patients | Sustainable Healthcare Networks Hub

A case study highlighting the work of a winning team for GOSH where the financial savings were very high to just 10 patients - Kapsule Kids | Sustainable Healthcare Networks Hub

Case studies are extremely important for sharing best practice and learning from implementation.

We are happy to host case studies by others, we are also happy to link to case studies hosted elsewhere. Just follow the instructions below to upload a case study or create a post in the resource library to link to your case study hosted elsewhere.

Is your case study the same or similar to other projects already implemented or posted in our resource library? Not to worry, we'd still like to see your posted in our library. All case studies, no matter how similar or repetitive they may seem are invaluable, the learning on barriers and enablers in different contexts can be really valuable and means that no case study is ruled out. Note that all SusQI case studies have used QI methods and follow reporting guidelines for QI projects.

There are many reasons to undertake a case study into a specific issue in your own healthcare setting. For example, you might want to carry out a project to better understand the financial and carbon implications of administering a MDI compared with switching your patients to a DPI in your GP practice, doing a case study on this will allow you to compare the potential benefits (or not) compared with business as usual so you can use this evidence to decide whether to make larger longer-term changes and then promote this within the wider healthcare and patient communities. There are many other reasons to undertake a case study, by taking a look at the case studies currently published and linked to in our Resource Library you can gain a better idea of what's already out there and where you might like to further investigate or transfer a current learning.

The short answer is, yes, we welcome case studies that already exist in another space, they don't need to be housed on the CSH Resource Library, you can simply create a post to introduce the reader to your case study, explaining the practical details of who was involved, what you had to do, any issues you encountered and the results with a link to the original hosting site. We value the impact case studies have on promoting learning and sharing and strongly believe this is a fundamental element to successfully implementing sustainable practices in healthcare systems, globally. We welcome new and old case studies, case studies published directly onto our Resource library (as a downloadable pdf), using the templates we provide (or not) and case studies published elsewhere, linking to other sites. This is a joint effort, an open access, free and global resource library. 

Please find a suite of new case study templates and guidance from CSH for all network members to use. We encourage you to share the completed case studies on the networks and more widely.

For projects using the SusQI methodology, please use the SusQI Project Report Template (word format) and Guidance (pdf) attached

For case studies not using the SusQI methodology, please use the Case Study Report Template (word format) and Guidance (pdf) attached

If your case study is in another format or is hosted elsewhere, we still encourage you to share or signpost it via the networks. To add a case study to the Resource Library, log in and go to Create a Resource. Put in as much information as you can to help people to find your case study when searching and add the full case study report as either a link or a file download.

SusQI Project Report Case Study Template

Case Study Report Case Study Template

If you need any guidance on completing one of the templates above or you would like to know more about the SusQI work taking place here at CSH check out the SusQI website or click on one of the useful guides below.

SusQI report study guidance

General Case Study report guidance 

SusQI Case Studies

Education Case Studies

General Case Studies

All Case Studies

If you have any questions relating to the Resource Library or the Networks Platform contact rachael.ward@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk

If you have questions about the case study templates or guides contact catherine.richards@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk

If you have questions about Green Team Competitions and case studies contact rachel.mcclean@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk

If you have a general enquiry about case studies contact info@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk