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A survey was conducted in the UK investigating communication methods used by staff to inform and remind patients about appointments.Increased number of communication methods used was associated with a…

Social networking sites (SNS) are having an increasing influence on patients' lives and doctors are far from certain about how to deal with this new challenge. In our literature search, we could find…

Awareness about the waste that occurs throughout clinical care is increasing. The wasteful use of clinical resources suggests a need to improve sustainability in health care, given the current context…

Sustainable Healthcare Education—a network of academics, doctors, and health-care students—has developed three simple learning objectives to communicate the links between medical practice and a more…

Weather systems are likely to become more unstable as global temperatures rise, but could unstable weather have an effect on the development of mental disorders? This blog gives evidence that even…

This report argues that health organisations in the UK and elsewhere should end investment in the 200 largest publicly-listed fossil fuel companies. Continued investment in these companies runs…

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 evidence regarding community treatment order effectiveness has been conflicting. This systematic review aims to bring up to date the review performed by Churchill and colleagues in 2005 by…

This study examines the carbon footprint of the supply of medical equipment needed for renal services in the NHS.

Open access article looking at the patient, hospital and environmental cost of unnecessary bloodwork in general surgery inpatients at Vancouver General Hospital. The article estimates the carbon…