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Kidney patient leaflet re-published

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8 Jan 2020
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Frances Mortimer
Great to see that the NKF has re-issued their patient information leaflet on Green Nephrology, which we worked on with them a few years back. Seems to be new appetite for sustainable kidney…
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We're scaling up to carbon-neutral healthcare

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28 Nov 2019
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The recent huge interest in climate change has created an unprecedented demand for our charity to help people to take action. We are excited to have more and more nurses and doctors contacting us…
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Reflections on training with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

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11 Nov 2019
by
Catherine Stannard
Hello! Me and a couple of colleagues from the Kidney Quality Improvement Partnership (KQuIP) went to the CSH sustainable QI training day last month.Below is a link to a blog I wrote reflecting on the…
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Doctors call for nonviolent direct action over climate crisis

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28 Jun 2019
by
Stefi Barna
"More than 1,000 doctors including 40 professors, several eminent public health figures and past presidents of royal colleges are calling for widespread nonviolent civil disobedience in the face of…
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Simon Stevens shores up public health provision; implications for Sustainable Healthcare

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9 Jun 2019
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As reported in this weeks' BMJ, Simon Stevens, has said that the NHS will commission public services in areas where local authorities are allocating insufficient funding due to council spending cuts.…
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Climate advocacy networking

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2 May 2019
by
Frances Mortimer
Doctors and all health professionals are highly respected. Many of us therefore feel that we should use our position to speak out and make sure that people know about the climate emergency and the…
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Acid concentrate dilution

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29 Nov 2018
by
Fraser Gilmour
From the sustainability session discussions at the recent ART conference it was identified that there are still a significant number of UK trusts using 1:34 dilution acidinstead of the stronger and…
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"Can a Whisper become a Roar" A call to action for the healthcare community

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15 Nov 2018
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James Szymankiewicz
"As clinicians we are taught to value evidence based interventions that benefit health and wellbeing. We look for the causes of disease and aim to change behaviour to improve outcomes. We have a…
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Sustainability sessions at the Association of Renal Technologists Conference 2018

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18 Oct 2018
by
Fraser Gilmour
Great presentation by Dr Frances Mortimer at the recent ART conference in Grantham on the challenges we face to reduce our impact on resourceswhen providing healthcare and the work the green…
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International Green Nephrology

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17 Oct 2018
by
Frances Mortimer
The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) has expressed an interest in supporting collective efforts to improve the environmental sustainability of kidney care. This could…