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Case study: a service line analysis of Nottinghamshire Healthcare's carbon footprint.
Service lines provide a means of organising clinical activities and linking expenditure to patient conditions…
This guide and the associated tools are aimed at Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) that want to deliver system-wide commissioning which will, as a consequence, lead to healthcare services that…
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7 May 2013 •
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Forum for the Future, The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
Green Nephrology case studies are prepared in collaboration with renal units to document local innovations with environmental benefits, together with information to support their replication…
Increased walking and cycling in urban areas and reduced use of private cars could have positive effects on many health outcomes. Within 20 years, reductions in the prevalences of type 2 diabetes,…
Dialysis units can make big carbon and £ savings by slimming down their use of dialysis consumables. This guide suggests how you can spot opportunities and measure savings. It's easy!
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Presentation from the Cost Saving Strategies in Renal Medicine conference on 1 December 2011. Describes a number of recent cost saving green projects from the Green Nephrology Network (many thanks to…
When the Canterbury dialysis unit updated its water purification system with the installation of a new reverse osmosis plant in 1997, it was soon apparent that large volumes of reject water were being…
Renal technicians at the Maidstone dialysis unit have investigated the potential costs and benefits of retro-fitting heat exchangers to their existing Braun Dialog+ haemodialysis machines.
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The St Lukes dialysis unit has gone through many expansions since its opening in 1994. Following the 2007 expansion, technicians noted that although there were now four water treatment systems, only…
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2 Nov 2009 •
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Andrew Owen, Chief Renal Technologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust