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New British Dental Journal 'Sustainable Dentistry' section online

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15 May 2019
by
Sara Harford
Great news for Sustainable Dentistry! As part of the new British Dental Journal (BDJ) website they havecreated a section which brings together all of the recently publishedevidence-based papers on…
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Climate advocacy networking

Created on
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

Created on
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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New Colgate TerraCycle Oral Care Product Recycling Programme

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21 Nov 2018
by
Sara Harford
Fantastic news in support of environmentally sustainable dental care! Worldwide consumer oral hygiene product company Colgate have partnered up with TerraCycle to launch a new free programme in the UK…
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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
by
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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Scottish CDO raises issue of plastic waste

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30 Oct 2018
by
Mark Platt
Wonder if anyone caught this in the Scottish Daily Mail (23/10): 4.7m cups thrown away by dentists every year DENTISTS in Scotland are throwing away a shocking 4.7million plastic cups 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…
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New examples from kidney units needed!

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18 Sep 2018
by
Frances Mortimer
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…
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Calling all Q members (Health Foundation) with a passion for sustainability

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12 Sep 2018
by
Chantelle Rizan
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…