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Project completed as part of the Northampton Green Team Competition 2022. Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide Issue to be addressed: Personal protective equipment (PPE) use increased over…

This blog contains a nurse’s perspective regarding the role of the nurse and why they are vital to the NHS achieving their set goal of net zero, by 2040. The blog connects the role of the nurse in…

The BMJ from 15 October 2022 (vol 379, issue 8356) is a special issue on the climate emergency - https://www.bmj.com/content/379/8356

The purpose of this document is to provide further details on the methods used when producing the Department for Transport’s journey emission comparisons, and facilitate others in generating their own…

In this October 26th episode of the BMJ's 'Doctor Informed' series, they aretalking sustainability. The BMJ has a special edition on the climate crisis, and finding hope amid dispair…

This paper presents the results of theclimate and healthscorecardproject, the first known peer-reviewed study to compare the green credentials of UK health organisations.11 of 25 invited UK health…

Key learning point: Simple measures to reduce, reuse and recycle paper resulted in a 75% reduction of paper use, resulting in environmental and financial savings. Setting/Patient Group: Dialysis…

Presentation given by Ka Yan Hess and Felicity Murray to Greener AHP Online Networking Event, 12 Oct 2022. Student research project by F. Murray, D. Kerekesova, Y.H. Lai and N. Mendiola, collecting…

In 2015 the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) (now known as Greener NHS) in partnership with Environmental Resources Management estimated carbon footprints for the following units of healthcare…

Improving productivity, costs and environmental impact in international eye health services: using the 'eyefficiency' cataract surgical services auditing tool to assess the value of cataract surgical…