Dear Network Colleagues,I am doing some research into environmental impact differences (amongst other outcomes) between manual and robotic arm orthopaedic surgery (partial/total knee and total hip).I…
The 2026 Greenhouse Gas Reporting conversion factors are available at Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2026 - GOV.UK.There are some interesting updates and changes in some of the…
Hi Everyone,It would be great to collect some resources to inform decisions about single use versus reusable gowns.I've recently come across this paper which suggests that reusable are safer in…
If you use reusable tourniquets in your organisation do you have to deep clean them at the end of the day as well as clinell wiping between patients? I'm working with a team who have been advised to…
Five years of Greener NHS: improved carbon footprint assessment of the National Health Service in England - The Lancet Planetary Health is an update on the results and and methodology used to…
Packaging - whether from medical products, MedTech or any where else - is only one element of a whole lifecycle of the product itself. Circularity such as packaging takeback schemes or reverse…
The Lancet MedZero tool was launched on 20th May 2026, but what is it?It is a free, online database that provides the carbon footprint of anything and everything (*) healthcare related. It has been…
Hi. Do any Trusts allow in-patient phlebotomy to take bloods without aprons on? I'm working with a team whose SOP states they must wear aprons for all in-patient and they are struggling to get it…
Hi I am trying to find solution that are sustainable for the Trendelenburg Patient Safety Positioning System. What do you use in your Hospital? Mine at the moment uses the Pink Pad. Thank you for your…