The 2013 Green Nephrology Award (for sustainability initiatives in kidney units) went to joint winners, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and Bradford Teaching Hospitals.
Both kidney units…
Don't forget to register for the Green Nephrology Summit, taking place at Guy's Hospital in London on Wednesday 25th September.
This is the yearly get-together of the Green Nephrology Network,…
Interesting to see this case study from Barts - lots of money saved by simple energy saving, but staff only changed behaviour after the link to patient experience was made, e.g. close doors to improve…
What will kidney care look like in 10 or 15 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS? Will patients still travel three times a week to access dialysis, or cover hundreds of miles to…
Improving Chances
We have a theory that the food waste containers we have in our kitchens are a breeding and incubation area for nasty bacteria that is harmful to patients with a low immune…
Does anyone have experience of using powder for local mixing of acid for haemodialysis?
At face value there appear to be significant financial and carbon savings to be made. It would be good to…
There's now afacebook pageandtwitter accountfor September's CleanMed Europe conference - if you use social media, do follow them for new blogs as they published, along with news items and reports.…
In the survey of Green Nephrology Local Representatives in 2010, Local Reps identified some of the barriers that can prevent them from seeing through local green initiatives. We would like to explore…
We are in contact with a Member of the European Parliament who is willing to challenge outdated EU legislation which is proving a barrier to sustainability in kidney care - as long as there is a clear…
We're working towards setting up a telephone transplant clinic service at the South West Transplant Centre.
I'm aware that more and more units are doing this. I'd like to collatecollective…