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Transition to reusable med tech - Call for Expressions of Interest by 13th february

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4 Feb 2025
by
Rachel McLean
Transition to reusable med tech - Call for Expressions of InterestThe Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) has been commissioned by the Design for Life team at the Department for Health and Social…
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Why be part of UK HACC

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14 Nov 2024
by
Jacqueline Gordon
The UK Health Alliance on Climate ChangeUK Health Alliance on Climate Changerepresents over 1 million people in 49 healthcare organisations, professional bodies and coalitions. Why should your…
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Call for Abstracts! Research in Greener Surgery Conference

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26 Sep 2024
by
Ingeborg Steinbach
The University of Birmingham is calling for abstract submissions for poster presentations for its Research for Greener Surgery Conference 2024 on Tuesday 17 December 2024, held on campus. The…
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Green Accreditation to Become Compulsory for Wellcome and CRUK Funded Labs

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17 Jun 2024
by
Rachael Ward
The news that green laboratory accreditation is to become compulsory for CRUK and Wellcome-funded labs is a cause for celebration!🎉🎉🎉The CRUK and Wellcome funding bodies are signatories on the newly…
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Advice re biodegradable specimen bags

Created on
30 May 2024
by
lucy thomas
Hi, I am looking for some advice on whether biodegradable blood specimen bags are a feasible option to replace single use plastic ones as I was recently told that they are treated as clinical waste…
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Looking for sustainable haematologists!

Created on
7 May 2024
by
Frances Mortimer
Are there any haematologists interested in sustainable healthcare who would like to connect up with others internationally? We've been approached by international partners looking for UK…
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Greener initiatives in podiatry by Royal College of Podiatry

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23 Apr 2024
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Katie Harwood
In October 2020, the NHS became the world’s first health service to commit to reaching carbon net zero, in response to the profound and growing threat to health posed by climate change. We've been…
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My Green Lab Accreditation - Pathology network

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17 Mar 2024
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Rajeka Lazarus
Hello, NHS England have agreed to fund My Green Lab accreditation for the labs within our pathology network (I think it is West of England). Not sure whether this is a national offer but worth…
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Low value biochemistry tests

Created on
7 Feb 2024
by
Frances Mortimer
TheCanadian Society of Clinical Chemistshas released the followingten new recommendations of tests, treatments or procedures to question in clinical biochemistry: Don’t order HFE-related…
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Diagnostic Stewardship and laboratory Sustainability

Created on
7 Dec 2023
by
Rob Shorten
Here are three posters that the microbiology team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals presented at the Federation of Infection Societies (FIS) in Edinburgh last month. We can reduce the carbon footprint…