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AbstractBackground The relationship between the natural environment and health outcomes has garnered significant attention in recent years. However, few studies have explored whether the benefit of…

Healthcare contributes nearly 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with significant environmental impacts across the lifecycle of health technologies (from production to disposal). Yet, these…

I'm contributing to an ERASMUS+ collaboration looking at how we increase awareness of the value the use of green prescribing to support patients living with cancer recover. There will be a state of…

This study conducted a full life-cycle assessment (LCA) comparing single-use video laryngoscopes with a reusable model and found that single-use devices have a dramatically higher environmental…

The article proposes some ways in which carbon footprints can be used to inform strategy for sustainable healthcare and highlights areas to apply caution.

A team from Spain have published a method to establish the material composition of commonly used endoscopic accessories and then used life cycle assessment methodology to quantify the carbon footprint…

This report presents a Social Return on Investment (SROI) evaluation of the ‘Making Well: Health & Healing through Green Craft' programme. Developed and delivered by The Fathom Trust as part of a…

Improving productivity, costs and environmental impact in international eye health services: using the 'eyefficiency' cataract surgical services auditing tool to assess the value of cataract surgical…

This report uses case studies to discuss how the different variables of sustainable value may be measured in practice.

Peninah Murage and colleagues argue that biodiversity is the cornerstone of healthy natural habitats. Its preservation is vital to human health and should therefore be embedded into medical and…