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Study comparing an acute care unit with an intensive care unit in the US: "An acute care unit generates 5.5kg of solid waste and 45kg CO2-e per hospitalization day. The ICU generates 7.1kg of solid…

Abstract The health effects of climate change are becoming increasingly important; there are direct effects from heatwaves and floods, and indirect effects from the altered distribution of…

Just a handy poster from HEAL that we are display within my practice to advise and inform all on the effects of the environment on our populations health. There are many other useful resources…

This is a free online non-clinical carbon footprint calculator for General Practices in the UK to use. The calculator measures and identifies the non-clinical greenhouse gas emission hotspots from…

Reviewed and endorsed by the NHS England and NHS Improvement Inhaler Working Group and Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation This guide can support healthcare professionals to safely and…

Check out the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh's 12 quick steps to improve your environmental impact in operating theatres!

Project completed as part of the Green Surgery Challenge 2021. Setting/Patient Group: 2 hospital sites Issue to be addressed: To reduce the carbon footprint of carpal tunnel release…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location:Sophie-Mai Wilde / Yorkshire, England Issue:Walking aids have been identified as being in the top…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members Elena Grossman, MPH, Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD, Marie Heffernan, PhD, Erika Ninos, Monica Nakielski, Michelle…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location: Professor Mary Lynch/UK/Republic of Ireland/University of KwaZulu-Natal Issue:The KwaZulu-Natal…