If health is based on social determinants (WHO 2008), if health is based on the physical environment (Barton and Grant 2006), then, just as slavery and apartheid were crimes aganst humanity, ecocide…
The Centre's Sustainable Respiratory Care group will lead research on why the UK continues to use inhalers with a much higher carbon footprint than other European countries. 25,000 people a year die…
Update on SHE Network activities in 2011-12 - including award of HEA grant, GMC liaison, draft curriculum consultation, conference presentations and workshops, publications by SHE members. Download…
The Association of Surgeons in Great Britain and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland have published a Consensus Statement on Cost-effective and Sustainable Surgery. The statement is based on …
The Green Nephrology Programme successfully bid for funding for the Heat Exchangers project from 10:10 in 2011. The objective is to save energy and carbon in kidney care by encouraging retrofitting of…
If you are involved in teaching or training, or would like to influence the future GP workforce in areas concerning sustainability, you might find the following link to the Severn Deanery website…
June has arrived and this month's green theme is... cycling. Bike Week 2012 is running from 16-24 June this year and it would be great if kidney units could take part.
The main aim is to encourage…
The concept of "Carbon Sustainable Ophthalmology" was explored on 15th May at a satellite meeting of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. The event was organised by specialist trainee Aditi Das…
Dear OT Susnet friends,we would like to follow in the footsteps of the Green Nephrology network and start a case library of OT Susnet case studies - to share experiences of making OT departments run…
I am currently researching a project into the benefits, barriers and practicalities of cycling to work and home visits as a GP. Please let me know your stories if you are a cycling GP.... I would love…