Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), is it an essential medicine?
An overview of the medical application areas of SF6. Is it really needed when there are low or zero global warming potential alternatives.
This article contains recommendations from the WHO’s chief nursing officer, Elizabeth Iro. During the Royal college of nursing conference, it was raised that the role of the nurse is essential in…
This blog contains a nurse’s perspective regarding the role of the nurse and why they are vital to the NHS achieving their set goal of net zero, by 2040. The blog connects the role of the nurse in…
Primary Care Respiratory Societyhas developed a Greener Respiratory Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) toolkit to understand and evaluate the environmental impact of clinical practice, identify ways…
A link to a PrescQIPP web page. On the web page, there are inhaler carbon emissions data for each inhaler, as well as other resources to support low carbon inhaler prescribing. For example, an inhaler…
Data collection tool, intended to collect data about symptom control in patients. Columns include patient identifier, date of first SABA prescription, symptoms since prescription, suspected and…
Run chart tool by Greener Practice. Users must make use ofthe IIF Indictor searches from PresQIPP. Once entering these data into the excel tables, run charts for each indicator can be generated.…
The key to environmental footprint improvement in healthcare and critical care uses the framework: avoiding, reducing, reusing, and recycling without compromising safe, quality care, with simultaneous…
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June 2023
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Heather Baid, principal lecturer, Eleanor Damm, specialty trainee, Louise Trent, intensive care physician, Forbes McGain, associate dean sustainable healthcare