Hi all, just checking in to share some resources on the RCPCH website. We've recently added some new resources to our "climate change resources for healthcare professionals" page, including a TED talk…
We have just published a commentary on Green Endoscopy in Gastroenterology,a major gastroenterology journal.
https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(22)00147-0/fulltext
Here we…
The climate crisis is a health crisis. The Special Report on Health and Climate change for COP24 called climate change “the greatest health challenge of the 21st century”,directly threatening the…
Hi, I just joined the network and excited to be part of the group.
At BPR Medical are working in the UK with new technology from our partner in Sweden, Medclair, to safely capture, remove and…
Thought you might be interested in this letter I am sendign to medical directors of NHS trusts within our ICS. We desperately need resource to deliver on our brand new ICS green plans! I am lucky…
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I wonder if any NHS Trusts or Health Boards are willing to share some information on their experience in using Terracycle to recycle hard to recycle plastics in particular PPE or medicine…
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Does anyone here use anything other than ethyl chloride spray to test the level of spinal/epidural blocks? We'd like to move away from ethyl chloride in my department…
With GREENER (an expert group on Planetary Health in medical education in the Netherlands) we just published a inventory report on Planetary Health in Dutch university healthcare programmes, including…
Fantastic news! FMC (a major dental communications company) have introduced an Eco-Dental Practice Award to to help bring awarness around sustainable dentistry. It's going to be launched later this…
Good resource on pharmaceutical pollution - public bodies in Scotland working together to reduce pharmaceutical pollution in the environment.
https://ohbp.org/
This is an environmental cost that…