Resource library

Project completed as part of the Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition 2023. The project report highlights changes and initiatives implemented to reduce food cost, CO2 emissions and food…

This study audited the introduction of recycling of paper and cardboard within an operating theatre. All waste within a single operating theatre was collected by a dedicated team for 20 surgical…

This simple and powerful 1.5 minute video shows the waste created from a single operation and asks if there is another way of doing things.

Environmentalism in surgical practice. Weiss, A et al. Current Problems in Surgery. April 2016; 53 (4): 165-205 A long article, but worth taking time to read. It provides a really good breakdown of…

I hope this might be interesting to some members, this article reports on work we have been doing to look at overuse in health care as a form of overconsumption, and examines health care overuse from…

A report on wasteful spending on health across OECD countries looking at waste in the clinical, operative and governance arenas and tools to reduce it.

This journal looks into the effects which have been created as part of the covid pandemic, climate change, global warming, and greenhouse gases that pollute the planet which is having an impact on the…

This report investigates the plan which needs to be created to promote the environmental justice of today. We must work to ensure health care workers are researching, educating, being an advocate and…

This paper addresses the qualities which are needed to be a nurse including being reselected, trustworthy, promoting positive health, preventing ill health, educating, informing and empowering the…

This journal details the importance of restoring biodiversity and protecting the health of people by tackling the global temperature rise. It details the importance of nurses and midwives working on…