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Routine use of a blood test to rule out pre-eclampsia which is keeping thousands of pregnant women safe and out of hospital, as well as reducing NHS costs, has carbon reduction…
Carbon footprint of single-use &reusable sharps
This open access BMJ article investigates the carbon footprint of converting fromsingle-useto reusable sharps containers in 40 UK NHS trusts.
The…
If you missed it, you can now watch thisepisode on Sustainabilty in Healthcare on mhTV; featuring Heather Baid, Anna Fuhrmann and myself withNicky Lambert and Vanessa Gilmartin Garrity.
Its also…
The Canadian Federation of Medical Students Health and Environment Adaptive Reponse Task Force recently released this report:
CFMS HEART: National Report on Planetary Health Education…
Here’s a very short but useful article about oxygen waste from turning the flow all the way up to the top (past 15 l/min) which is commonly done:
Arora, N. et al. 2021. Delivery of oxygen by…
The British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN) have released a position statement on environmental sustainability, recognising that the climate emergency is a health…
Hi all, I work in the sustainability team for my Trust and I'm collaborating with our libraries to curate a sustainable healthcare reading list for them to promote in the coming months on the run up…
The GREEN-ICU research study is seeking views on environmental sustainability from people working in intensive care.
This includes anyone connected to intensive care through clinical practice,…
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I'm an oncology nurse based in the U.S and am interested in promoting the concept of nature-based social prescribing here. I wondered if any of my collegues in the UK (or elsewhere) knew of…