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*2022 UPDATE - IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS TOOL FOR 2022 YOU CAN FIND IT HERE:Remote Consultations: Do they reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Your Guide to Calculating the Answer…
Project completed as part of the University Hospitals of Northampton Green Team Competition.Team membersDaniya Stany, IPC nurse NGH, Adwoa (AJ) Pokua-Manu, Audit and Surveillance Nurse, IPC…
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March 2026
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Daniya Stany, IPC nurse NGH, Adwoa (AJ) Pokua-Manu, Audit and Surveillance Nurse, IPC NGH
Prescriptions form 60% of the NHS primary care’s carbon footprint. Overprescribing and polypharmacy are common, and worsen quality of care. Appropriate deprescribing is not harmful, can reduce falls,…
In light of the increasing use of single-use items in healthcare posing an environmental threat, Bupa, has launched a new global whitepaper - ‘Catalysing action on single-use items in healthcare’ –…
Project completed as part of the Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2025.Team membersAndrew Graham (Thoracic Surgeon)Rajajee Selvam (Thoracic Surgery Fellow)Megan Muir (OR…
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September 2025
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Graham, A., Selvam, R., Muir, M., Gomez, H., Bolt, J., Aguirre, F. and Russell, C.
New guidance,Education for sustainable healthcare within UK pre-registration curricula for allied health professions, sets the groundwork for the next generation of health and care professionals. It…
Project completed as part of the South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2024
Team members:
Megan Yaraskavitch: Physician Lead, General Neurology Program and…
Foreword"In 2020, the NHS became the first healthcare system in the world to commit to becoming net zero.This commitment was made in response to the evidence that climate change is no longer a distant…
