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The targets of the Climate Change Act are very challenging for the NHS, which means fundamental transformation of clinical practices will be required to meet them.Sustainability in the NHS has mostly…

The aims of this report are to (1) inform Medical Royal Colleges about sustainability initiatives occurring within other colleges, to (2) share knowledge about college-led sustainability initiatives…

Setting/Patient Group: District General Hospital Issue to be addressed: It was observed that many surgical patients had both anti-embolism stockings (AES) and intermittent pneumatic compression…

Greener NHSprescribing dashboards, launched onOpenPrescribing.net, are intended to support practices, Clincal Commissioning Groups and other organisations to review their prescribing and make changes,…

Sign up to the RCGP Active Practice Charter and join the national network of practices making positive changes in their surgeries to boost staff and patient wellbeing. Free to join as individual…

Newly qualified midwives will now be required to know about sustainable healthcare.The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has included sustainable healthcare in itsnew Standards of Proficiency…

*please note: this article is behind a paywall* Abstract The US Environmental Protection Agency Resource Conservation website begins: “Natural resource and energy conservation is achieved by…

This study estimates electricity use and associated carbon emissions in a critical care unit in England.

Project completed as part of the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide Issue to be addressed: 5% of the carbon footprint of acute…

Project completed as part of the Barts 2019 Green Team Competition Setting/Patient Group:Eye Treatment Centre Issue to be addressed: Ophthalmology services can contribute significantly to the…