Have you ever thought about how much paper we dispose of on a daily basis whilst at work? No, well you should. The other day I was putting a patient on dialysis, a simple cannulation procedure. I…
No matter how much we hear about the health threats of global warming and the benefits of low carbon lifestyles, there are times as we go about our daily lives when we can still feel powerless to make…
Between March 31st 2008 and April 1st 2009, the renal team in a DGH not too far from me requested that their patients attend the hospital's radiology department as outpatients on 534 occasions…
The Campaign for Greener Healthcare is delighted to welcome Dr Andrew Connor to his new post as "Green Nephrology Fellow". Andrew is a specialist trainee in kidney medicine and takes up the fellowship…
On 2nd June, the National Network of Medical School Educators of Public Health held a fantastic meeting on teaching climate change and determinants of health to medical students. The meeting was…
The UK Public Health Association’s 17th Annual Public Health Forum (Brighton Centre 25th and 26th march 2009) is majoring on the impacts of climate change on human health. And it has identified Carbon…