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£25,000 prize in kidney care competition: opportunity for a low carbon initiative?

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25 Nov 2021
by
Catherine Floyd
Anyone out there with a good idea for reducing the carbon footprint of an element of your kidney care service? The Kidney MedTech Competition offers six prizes, worth £30,000, to accelerate research…
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The carbon footprint of waste streams in a UK hospital

Created on
25 Nov 2021
by
Rosie Hillson
'A number of studies have estimated the carbon footprint of healthcare provision in a variety of contexts, but the emission factors used to account for associated waste vary widely and are not…
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Incremental HD

Created on
24 Nov 2021
by
Eleanor Murray
Incremental haemodialysis (IHD), in which dialysis dose is adjusted to take into account residual kidney function (RKF) usually by starting dialysis twice rather than thrice weekly, has been…
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How do YOU communicate? (.....about climate change)

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24 Nov 2021
by
Sivan Coleman
As SLTs we love to highlight how important communication is. And communication is key to climate change issues. Do you talk about it? If so…. WHAT are you communicating? There is a lot…
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National NHS Estates Team visit Green NHS Projects on Estates and Facilities Spotlight Day

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23 Nov 2021
by
Jacqueline Cutting
On Monday 22 November for theGreenerNHS Estates and Facilities Spotlight Day, key staff from the National NHS Estates Team visited a number of projects showcasing Green NHS ideas. These…
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Climate Emergency Declarations

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19 Nov 2021
by
Jim Davey-Hewins
Happy Friday everyone and welcome to all our latest members! Are you wondering what positive changes you can make at work? Well one effective action would be to encourage your place of work to make…
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Podcast- Why a new focus on sustainability in health care is urgently needed?

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19 Nov 2021
by
Sivakami Chelladurai
This podcast at BMJ Talk Medicine is from a series of podcasts produced by Cochrane sustainable Healthcare featuring the ideas of people who are actively working to windback harmful medical…
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Tackling waste from clinical skills training

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18 Nov 2021
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Anna Jones
We're looking at tackling the waste generated through clinical skills training /simulation sessions for our students at BSMS. We're interested in hearing from other schools / departments where this…
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Widely adopted pre-eclampsia test has additional environmental benefits

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16 Nov 2021
by
Jacqueline Cutting
Summary Routine use of a blood test to rule out pre-eclampsia which is keeping thousands of pregnant women safe and out of hospital, as well as reducing NHS costs, has carbon reduction…
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New COP26 abstract category for BACCN-IACCN Conference Oct 2022

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16 Nov 2021
by
Heather Baid
BACCN-IACCN Conference 17th-18th Oct 2022 Belfast Ireland BACCN - British Association of Critical Care Nurses IACCN - Irish Association of Critical Care Nurses **Submissions encouraged…