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…
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…
"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…
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…
The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) has expressed an interest in supporting collective efforts to improve the environmental sustainability of kidney care.
This could…
Dear kidney teams and patients,
I have been invited to run a session at the Association for Renal Technicians' conference in October 2018. I will be presenting examples of green practice from…
Calling all sustainability friends… are you a Q member (Health Foundation)? We are pleased to announce we have just started a new Sustainability Specialist Interest group- please do join us…
I am a third year biomedical sciences undergraduate student at the University of Warwick,under the supervision of Rob Lillywhite.
I'm currently undertaking a university funded summer research…
Dear UK friends
For some years, the Barwon HealthRenal Service in Geelong has 'gone it alone' in promoting dialysis (and renal) sustainability in ANZ. It is thus with the utmost pleasure that I can…
Health systems are in constant need of improvement - and in some cases total redesign. Populations are ageing and changing andtechnologies continue to evolve and expand;meanwhile, services are…