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The carbon footprint of waste streams in a UK hospital

Created on
25 Nov 2021
by
Rosie Hillson
'A number of studies have estimated the carbon footprint of healthcare provision in a variety of contexts, but the emission factors used to account for associated waste vary widely and are not…
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Widely adopted pre-eclampsia test has additional environmental benefits

Created on
16 Nov 2021
by
Jacqueline Cutting
Summary Routine use of a blood test to rule out pre-eclampsia which is keeping thousands of pregnant women safe and out of hospital, as well as reducing NHS costs, has carbon reduction…
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CFMS HEART: NATIONAL REPORT ON PLANETARY HEALTH EDUCATION 2021

Created on
13 Sep 2021
by
Heather Baid
The Canadian Federation of Medical Students Health and Environment Adaptive Reponse Task Force recently released this report: CFMS HEART: National Report on Planetary Health Education…
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Climate Change Urgency and Action webinar series

Created on
8 Sep 2021
by
Heather Baid
The Intensive Care Society has a fantastic lineup of speakers for a weekly lunchtime (one hour) webinar series called Climate Change Urgency and…
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Sustainable Healthcare Reading List

Created on
25 Jun 2021
by
Jennifer Strong
Hi all, I work in the sustainability team for my Trust and I'm collaborating with our libraries to curate a sustainable healthcare reading list for them to promote in the coming months on the run up…
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Green transport for dentistry

Created on
30 Apr 2021
by
Philip Martin
Trying to encourage staff at our small dental practice to use greener transport by allowing them to charge electric vehicles at work. We now have three members of staff using electric vehicles to…
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Request for Feedback

Created on
7 Apr 2021
by
Beate Czarnecki
Hi fellow network members, I created a free collection of actions that dentists can take to become a sustainable practice.In sharing this with you I hope to spreadideas for sustainable initiatives…
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New sustainable dentistry course!

Created on
23 Mar 2021
by
Vivien De Greef
This three-part, twelve-hour course offers an overview of the relationship between dentistry and the climate and ecological crises, and prepares dental teams to become more sustainable healthcare…
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Nitrous Oxide and Entonox Manifold Waste Reduction: Free Lunch and Learn online seminar

Created on
16 Dec 2020
by
Amarantha Fennell-Wells
Do you prescribe nitrous oxide? It's a vital medicine for many specialties within health care. Registration is via the Eventbrite page…
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Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare goes international!

Created on
29 Jul 2020
by
Vivien De Greef
Our first Introduction course was by attended remotely by health professionals from across the UK, Australia and Canada. After a four-hour self-study module, we met in a four-hour workshop to discuss…