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UK Green Surgery Report_invitation to submit case studies

Created on
12 Jan 2023
by
Melissa Pegg
Dear All, The UK Green Surgery Project is currently seeking case studies for developing sustainable surgical practices to inform the Green Surgery report, which is due to be published in December…
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MBA Study Interview request – Drivers and barriers of the circular economy for single-use plastics in the UK NHS

Created on
7 Dec 2022
by
Catherine Floyd
We have had a request from a student completing a dissertation as part of an MBA at Warwick University focussing on drivers and barriers of the circular economy for single-use plastics in the NHS.…
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First CSH Sustainable Kidney Care on-line course

Created on
18 Nov 2022
by
Catherine Floyd
November 2022 saw delivery of CSH’s first Sustainable Kidney Care course, with participants joining from England, Scotland, Wales, Canada and Australia. The course follows the same format as our other…
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Green 4 Health podcast

Created on
7 Nov 2022
by
Angela Hayes
My first podcast- looking at being green in health care. I'm interviewing Dr Finella Craig,Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Care Medicine at Great Ormond Street Green 4 Health: Dr Fin Craig…
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Dialysis after storm Ian

Created on
27 Oct 2022
by
Frances Mortimer
A few insights into what it is like being cut off from dialysis after a big weather event, and what it must be like for the unit staff, with electricity outages and knowing their patients are…
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Orthopaedic Boots - What's the carbon footprint?

Created on
25 Oct 2022
by
Joanne Sullivan
Hi All I am looking for information on the carbon footprint of the Mediboot (see picture). In Wales we use around 22,000 of these boots a year. When treatment is complete the majority of boots…
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Do you have an interest in being a Sustainability Champion for your Unit?

Created on
24 Oct 2022
by
Susannah McWilliam
The UKKA’s new Sustainability Committee is looking for a Sustainability Champion in each renal unit across UK – are you someone with an interest in how our kidney care is contributing to climate…
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Mapping the CO2 footprint of a Pathology Test

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21 Oct 2022
by
Andrew Turner
HI all, we have been working with some of the NHS Pathology Networks and developed a Specimen Quality and Transport Dashboard, this includes a carbon footprint section that provides a set of measures…
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Community footprints

Created on
7 Oct 2022
by
Stuart Jeffery
Hi All I am pulling together a HSDR bid to look at sustainability improvements and CO2 reductions of various car closer to homes / out of hospital / virtual ward approaches (plus a comparator with…
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Heat recovery projects

Created on
4 Oct 2022
by
Joshua Cartwright
Hi Does anyone have any experience of heat recovery projects in any context? More specifically - waste/domestic water heat recovery. I am working within the context of…