"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…
I am looking to reduce the environmental impact of the anaesthetic department that I am currently working in. In particular, I'd like to reduce the amount of desflurane use, as this is known to be a…
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…
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…
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The Chair of the AAGBI Envrionmental Task Force, Dr Samantha Shinde, recently sent out this udate on what the AAGBI (The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland)hasbeen doing to…
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I am taking on a project which is mainly based around the most important aspects of what makes Operating Theatre practice more sustainable. For me, personally, it would be the waste…
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I'm very excited to share my new publication- "Cataract surgery and environmental sustainability: Waste and lifecycle assessment of phacoemulsification at a private healthcare…
This was a very research-rich event which clearly put climate change on the health 'to-do' list. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change (one of the organisers) has produced a good summary…