Submit an abstract for the 2019 RCOphth Annual Congress. Prize awards include The Royal College of Ophthalmology/ Bausch and Lomb Sustainability Prize.
A prize for sustainability of £200 will be…
This week’s highlight project is the Virtual Glaucoma Surveillance Clinic carried out by the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. This project offers a unique approach to curbing the high demand for…
Due to increases in the demand forophthalmology services,providers have been overburdened with referrals. Understanding how referral networks currentlywork can be an important tool toward reducing…
The journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling is lookingfor original papers (research, case studies, review articles) on sustainable healthcare, to be submitted before June 1, 2019. For more…
New research published in The Lancet medical journal shows that rising temperatures as a result of climate change are already exposing us to an unacceptably high health risk and warns, for the first…
"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…
Listening to feedback from our members and sustainable healthcare education representatives, we have identified that assessing sustainable healthcare is a troublesome area, and people feel out of…
Members of the SHE network may already be aware of the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE), which is hosted by the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
The…
The Planetary Health Alliance is working to better assist students (both graduate and undergraduates) find summer internships, field experiences, or research projects in the field of planetary health.…
This is a 2 minute animation that brings to life the extent of carbon emissions due to healthcare waste and inappropriate clincal waste segregation. It is based on research by colleagues at Plymouth…