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RCPCH resources

Created on
18 Mar 2022
by
Alison Firth
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…
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Green Endoscopy: Counting the Carbon Cost of Our Practice

Created on
18 Mar 2022
by
Robin Baddeley
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…
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Zero Carbon Britain: Rising to the Climate Emergency

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17 Mar 2022
by
Kerry Atchison
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…
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Safe Capture, Removal & Destruction of Nitrous Oxide for NHS Net Zero Green Target

Created on
16 Mar 2022
by
Angela Owen
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…
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Advocating for clinical resource

Created on
15 Mar 2022
by
Helena Clements
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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Terracycle - hard to recycle plastics

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14 Mar 2022
by
Lynn Sproat
Hello, 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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Ethyl chloride spray alternatives

Created on
11 Mar 2022
by
Laura Elgie
Hello friends and colleagues 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…
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Inventory and recommendations on Planetary Health/Education for Sustainable Healthcare in The Netherlands

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10 Mar 2022
by
Eva Visser
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…
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Dentistry: Sustainable Dental Business Award

Created on
9 Mar 2022
by
Davinder Raju
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…
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Pharmaceutical pollution

Created on
9 Mar 2022
by
Bethan Davies
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…