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Project completed as part of the 2024/25 RUH Bath Green Team Competition.Team members:Sian Griffiths, Consultant Radiographer Urology Specialist, Hazel Clarke, Macmillan Radiotherapy Late Effects…
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February 2025
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Sian Griffiths, Consultant Radiographer Urology Specialist, Hazel Clarke, Macmillan Radiotherapy Late Effects Radiographer
After much discussion among the core group of SHE, we have developed the attached vision, mission and goals for our organisation. We hope that this will help to clarify our focus and drive our…
Interventions that consider climate change, sustainability, and nature should be integral to health system functioning. Placing sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future offers opportunities to…
Environmental change poses pressing challenges to public health and calls for profound and far-reaching changes to policy and practice across communities and health systems. Medical schools can act…
Objectives We sought to review studies that examine healthcare professionals’ and students’ knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding medication disposal. We also explore recommendations and…
Project completed as part of the South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2024
Team members
Julia MacLaren (Wellness Kitchen Consultant, South Health…
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September 2024
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Julia MacLaren (Wellness Kitchen Consultant) and April Matsuno (Wellness Centre Manager)
New paper launched in conjunction with the new HealthcareLCA database. Paper discusses the new open-access database, methods and everything known about life cycle assessments (LCA's) in healthcare so…
Publication in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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There is a bidirectional relationship between climate change and health care. Climate change threatens public health, and…
In-hospital promotion of the oral route and IV to oral switch (IVOST) are key antimicrobial stewardship (AS) initiatives providing benefits for patients, staff and the environment, including reduced…
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August 2024
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Rodger R, Robertson A, Thompson E, Downie K, Thompson S, Ray G, Chisholm L, Hillson R
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The healthcare sector is a significant producer of greenhouse gas emissions. Gases that contribute to climate change include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons.…
