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Award for Sustainability in Anaesthesia

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3 Mar 2016
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Frances Mortimer
Applications are now open for a grant award for those interested in sustainability in anaesthesia (closing date 29 April 2016). The programme, which is supported by Association for Anaesthetists…
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Health sector hits first target in combating climate change - SDU report

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28 Jan 2016
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Frances Mortimer
The health sector is over the first hurdle in the race to reach carbon reduction targets and help limit the effects of climate change. A report from the Sustainable Development Unit shows the NHS…
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Green Ward Competitions launched in Dartford & Gravesham and UCLH

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6 Jan 2016
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January offers staff at UCLH and Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trusts the chance to welcome in the New Year by developing greener approaches to the work of their ward/unit. Green Ward Competitions were…
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New CHP at Dartford and Gravesham

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17 Dec 2015
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A shiny new Combined Heat & Power plant has just opened at Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust as the first of a year of initiatives which will also include a Green Ward Competition. The Trust is now…
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Breathlessness, physical activity and sustainability of healthcare - letter

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3 Dec 2015
by
Frances Mortimer
Only just came across this letter by Nick Hopkinson and colleague to the European Respiratory Journal last January, highlighting the importance of paying attention tobreathlessness in midlife - both…
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Progress on Ethylene Oxide in Sri Lanka

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8 Nov 2015
by
Jayaindra Fernando
Ethylene Oxide sterilization has been use for recycling some consumable surgical items in Sri Lanka as well as rest of South Asia. The Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka has directed that herewith this…
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Committee on Climate Change report and SDU call for NHS feedback on overheating in wards

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15 Sep 2014
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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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Reducing waste in the theatre environment

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29 Nov 2013
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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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BMJ editorial - Inhaled drugs and global warming: time to shift to dry powder inhalers

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29 May 2013
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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

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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…