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BJRM article: Cutting the carbon cost of dialysis: efficient delivery of acid concentrate

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25 Sep 2014
by
Frances Mortimer
The British Journal of Renal Medicine has published an article on the opportunities for reducing waste in the delivery of acid for haemodialysis, authored by members of the Green Nephrology…
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Upgrade of our Australian Green Dialysis website

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16 Sep 2014
by
John Agar
Dear 'Green' UK ... This is to let your members know that we launched an update/upgrade of our Australian Green Dialysis website during 'Renal Week', a 5 day meeting that encompassed the 50th…
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Divestment for Health

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24 Jun 2014
by
Isobel Braithwaite
I'm writing this post to alert CSH members tothis motion(#370) which is on the agenda of the British Medical Association's Annual Representatives' Meeting tomorrow morning, on climate advocacy and…
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Winners of last year's SBRI Funding Competition announced

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29 May 2014
by
Ingeborg Steinbach
The winners of last year's new Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition to find innovative technology based solutions in Kidney Care have been announced on 13th May 2014. The £3.6 m…
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Reducing waste in the theatre environment

Created on
29 Nov 2013
by
Felicity Hughes
I'm a junior doctor interested in reducing the amount of clinical waste produced by the theatres in the hospital that I work in, much as the recycling project in the Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital…
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Request to sign an open letter on climate, energy and health to David Cameron

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20 Nov 2013
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Isobel Braithwaite
Hi, My name's Isobel Braithwaite and I'm a medical student at UCL; I've been involved with the CSH in the past as an intern and met some of you at CleanMed Europe. I'm involved in the student…
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Call for help with Patient Transport in Kidney Care

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14 Nov 2013
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Rachel Stancliffe
Hello All! CSH is thinking about starting a project to 1) look at patient transport in kidney care from both carbon and patient experience points of view and 2) run a pilot project in one hospital.…
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Right patient, right time, right place - an example from kidney care

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13 Nov 2013
by
Hugh Rayner
Dialysis treatment for end stage kidney disease is a burden on patients, taxpayers, and the environment. The carbon cost of dialysis is estimated to be seven tonnes CO2 equivalents per year. Although…
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The true cost of water: Understanding the value of water through monetization of risks

Created on
11 Nov 2013
by
Kalpesh Shah
Tuesday 19th November 2013, 1:00 pm (GMT) / 8:00 am (EST) Join this webinar with Veolia Water to find out about the growing business risks relating to water use, the need for a pragmatic metric and…
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Notes from the Green Nephrology Summit 2013

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31 Oct 2013
by
Frances Mortimer
42 people gathered for this year's Green Nephrology Summit, held at Guy's Hospital in London on 25th September. Once again, we were a good mix of clinicians (docs, nurses, physios), technicians,…