Dear all,
Thank you to those who were able to attend our learning session this morning. We know there's never a good time for everyone, so please find the recording of the meeting here:
Dr McGain drew our attention to the International Standard document for life cycle assessments ISO 14040. Sadly there is a fee to access the full document, but you can read some for free here:
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/en/#iso:std:iso:14040:ed-2:v1:en
Other life cycle assessment resources:
https://healthcarelca.com/ - an online database of LCA conducted in healthcare
https://networks.sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/resources - Centre for Sustainable Healthcare resources page, with many LCA uploaded
UK Government database of greenhouse gas conversion factors, which can help you to calculate the CO2 emissions of products, transport, energy use:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greenhouse-gas-reporting-conversion-factors-2023
Please note for our Greener Palliative Care Award we are not looking for a publication-ready LCA (although that would of course be wonderful!) so please don't be put off. We are asking teams to demonstate understanding of the basic principles, and then use this to help drive change. I've attached an AI-assisted example for 9V batteries so you can see an example of a possible structure.
Best wishes, season's greetings, and please look out for updates in the New Year- we will have lots to share in 2026!
Kate
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