I am interested to find out whether any units collect data regarding the number of patients who receive a blood transfusion whilst on dialysis in order to correct or maintain haemoglobin targets as we…
Dear Network Colleagues,I am doing some research into environmental impact differences (amongst other outcomes) between manual and robotic arm orthopaedic surgery (partial/total knee and total hip).I…
Problem spaceWhat we prescribe saves lives, but how we prescribe damages the planet. Healthcare accounts for approximately 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and across health systems…
Administering appropriate parenteral medications in dialysis care by IV push, instead of infusion, saves time, money, and plastic. We aim to expand beyond IV iron to appropriate IV antimicrobials for…
The hospital trust I work for has recently announced plans to widely implement AI ambient voice technology (AVT). Many of us have concerns from a clinical, educational and data governance perspective,…
A recent paper (Jia et al. European Radiology (2026) 36:2186–2197, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-025-12023-z) looks at the emissions caused by medical imaging data storage. Although data storage is…
With periods of hot weather becoming more frequent, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published updated Heat-Health Alert Action Cards for health and social care providers. These provide…
The 2026 Greenhouse Gas Reporting conversion factors are available at Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2026 - GOV.UK.There are some interesting updates and changes in some of the…
Here are a couple of useful resources for benchmarking carbon emissions. The Lancet has recently published Lancet MedZero which promises to be a very useful website. Its focus is not currently…