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This article addresses the growing concern of the impact of climate change is having on healthcare services. There has been a call for all allied health professionals to prepare and mitigate these…

Just a handy poster from HEAL that we are display within my practice to advise and inform all on the effects of the environment on our populations health. There are many other useful resources…

Improving resource use by reusing and recycling dialysis reverse osmosis (RO) system reject water. ROsystem reject water was reused to provide steam for sterilising autoclave systems, for waste…

Practice Greenhealth is an American organisation working to promote sustainable, eco-friendly practices in healthcare https://practicegreenhealth.org/initiatives/greening-operating-room. This tool can…

"Sustainable healthcare education: integrating planetary health into clinical education" (Walpole, Barna, Richardson, Rother) situates the work of the Sustainable Healthcare Education network within…

An example of how surgeons can help reduce carbon emissions outside of theatres too! This study looked at the clinical, financial and environmental benefits of a telemedicine urology clinic by…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location:Andrea Wnuk, Kate Meffen - British Columbia/Canada Issue:Clinical service delivery within the…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location:Sophie-Mai Wilde / Yorkshire, England Issue:Often some medication can be over-used leading to…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location:Sophie-Mai Wilde / Yorkshire, England Issue:Walking aids have been identified as being in the top…

A report has just been presented to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in respect of the Montreal Protocol, that covers the propellant gases in Metred Dose Inhalers. Pgs 38-40…