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Sustainable Procurement

Created on
1 Jun 2015
by
Sam Shah
This financial year has resulted in a range of dental services being re-procured across the country but it’s debatable how much the procurement teams understand about sustainable dentistry and…
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University of Plymouth doing more than just switching off the lights - See the work they are doing in nursing and dentistry

Created on
24 May 2015
by
Brett Duane
I was reminded today by a colleague of the "People and Planet" top university score which can be foundhere. The press release states that "Over the last 5 years, Plymouth have set the bar as the…
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Welcome to Dental Susnet - Get Sustainable with Us!!

Created on
24 May 2015
by
Brett Duane
Welcome to Dental Susnet - Thanks for checking in! We believethis is the first sustainability network within dentistry,certainly in the UK, but we would love to hear from other networks too! This…
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Welcome to Dental Susnet- Get Sustainable with us!!

Created on
24 May 2015
by
Brett Duane
Welcome to Dental Susnet- Thanks for checking in! We believethis is the first Sustainability network within dentistrycertainly in the UK but we would love to hear from other networks too!This network…
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Helping people achieve a healthy diet may not only help their oral health....

Created on
14 May 2015
by
Brett Duane
Delivering better oral health suggests that for all adults and children we should "maintain good dietary practices in line with The Balance of Good Health." This is another example which demonstrates…
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Committee on Climate Change report and SDU call for NHS feedback on overheating in wards

Created on
15 Sep 2014
by
Jacqueline Cutting
The Committee on Climate Change has produced a recent report entitled 'Managing climate risks to well-being and the economy' The report investigates the threats and opportunities for the country…
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BMJ editorial - Inhaled drugs and global warming: time to shift to dry powder inhalers

Created on
29 May 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
Asatmospheric carbon dioxide levels top 400 parts per million,an editorial in this week's BMJ from Nick Hopkinson, Toby Hillman and Frances Mortimer draws attention to the impact of respiratory…
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CleanMed 2013 - call for case studies

Created on
7 May 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
CSH is hosting this year'sCleanMed Europeconference, 17-19 September 2013. The emphasis will be on redesigning healthcare for a sustainable future (as opposed to providing the same care more…
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Plans underway for a Sustainable Respiratory Inhalers Programme

Created on
4 Apr 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
The continued use of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) in respiratory care will have a potentially serious effect on global warming if production is not controlled, largely because these inhalers use…
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Cradle to Gate

Created on
12 Dec 2012
by
Rachel Stancliffe
Greenhouse Gas Accounting Sector Guidance for Pharmaceutical Products and Medical DevicesA consortium of major global companies has been working with the NHS SDU to agree standards for reporting of…