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Procurement activities in healthcare, especially within nephrology, contribute significantly to the environmental footprint. In peritoneal dialysis (PD), procurement of consumables such as dialysis…
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September 2025
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Larkin, J., Ligabue, G., Alfano, G., Martínez-Cadenas, R., Fehintola, A., Steinbach, I., Yasar, A., Morisi, N., Arias-Guillen, M., Caiazzo, M., Donati, G., Duane, B.
Environmental optimizations in kidney care have been analysed as part of the EU co-funded KitNewCare project.Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) using Ecoinvent database and OpenLCA software quantified…
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August 2025
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Duane, B., Larkin, J., Caiazzo ML., Arenas, MD., Griffin, A., Audije-Gil J., Mortimer, F., Attwell, H., Yasar, A., Martínez, R., Arias-Guillén, M., Gomez, M., Fehintola, A., Steinbach, I., Ortiz, A
This study presents the carbon footprint of the In-Centre Haemodialysis (ICHD) patient pathway in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, mapping emissions across key stages of treatment. It highlights the…
Project completed as part of the National Green Maternity Challenge 2024-25 by the team at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.Team members:Georgina Clark, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Registrar, West…
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March 2025
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Georgina Clark, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Registrar, West Suffolk Hospital.
We ran a health creation week in June 2024 across our PCN (5 GP practices in and around Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire) using funds from our ICB to support the Gloucestershire primary care…
Sustainable kidney careWelcome to the KitNewCare Sustainable Kidney Care CourseThis course explores what healthcare workers in nephrology can do to become leaders in sustainable transformation,…
Promoting practical action that can help to reduce the environmental impact of respiratory healthcare.
The PCRS has published a calendar of practical steps you can take to make your respiratory…
KitNewCare is a pioneering EU co-funded project to make kidney healthcare more environmentally sustainable. Recognising healthcare’s role in global carbon emissions (5-11%), the project focuses on…
Rumina Önaç is a GP and Sustainability Lead for 12 surgeries in York, where her inspirational work has achieved national Green Impact for Health awards of silver for her own surgery and a bronze for…
This is a Cheshire&Merseyside guide for primary care practices to take up sustainability projects. Each project should be achievable per quarter. This list was devised as part of a funding proposal…
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January 2024
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Nadja van Ginneken, Kathy Fallon, Kiki Lam, Nicki Dowling, Emma Scott
