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OTnews article by Ben Whittaker and Sonia Roschnik exploring sustainable healthcare, with examples of sustainable occupational therapy practice. RCOT members can viewissues of OTnews…

Headline results from Natural England's People and Nature Survey during the pandemic- taken from a presentation by Beth Brockettat Natural England, July 2020.

Ambitious research project by third Year undergraduate students at the University of Southampton and in partnership with the Royal College of Podiatry; exploring the current beliefs of sustainability…

Dear Colleagues, Pleased to share with you the first environmental "parallel assessment" (Toolan et al., 2022) alongside a health economic analysis that I undertook last year for the Scottish…

The Sustainable Healthcare Coalition's produced a case study of a life cycle assessment for continuous renal replacment therapy (CRRT) using the Baxter PrismaFlex. Carbon footprint of 72 hours of…

Honeycomb Dental Clinic is an independent general dental practice in Winscombe, Somerset with a strong environmentally sustainable ethos. The setting is a detached house with 5 surgeries, 1 staff…

Key learning point The case study and discussion outlined above includes most of the information required to develop a sound business case for a programme to retro-fit heat exchangers to existing…

Key learning point The introduction of remote monitoring with teleconsultation has the potential to improve the targeting of specialist care resources (financial and environmental) to deliver the…

Key learning point Light fitting change resulted in improved the energy efficiency leading to carbon reduction whilst improving illumination and saving finances. Setting/Patient Group:Renal Unit…

Project completed as part of the 2019 Royal Devon & Exeter Green Ward Competition. The project was completed by the catering team, who aimed to reduce plastic waste associated with catering…