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Hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, and peritoneal dialysis are among the most resource-intensive medical therapies, owing to their high energy and water consumption, heavy reliance on disposable…
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March 2026
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Katherine A. Barraclough, Nathan Berman-Parks, Vivekanand Jha , Giorgina B. Piccoli, Caroline Stigant , Ben Talbot, Faissal Tarrass, Michael Cheung , Jennifer M. King , Morgan E. Grams, Michel Jadoul, Jennifer E. F
Excel-based carbon calculator designed to allow Living Kidney Donation services to measure the carbon footprint of their assessment pathway, identify key carbon hotspots, and reassess emissions after…
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March 2026
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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, UK Kidney Association, The Health Foundation, NHS Blood and Transplant
Step-by-step guidance to support living kidney donation services to conduct pathway analysis.The toolkit includes:An example case studyPractical toolsPathway measurement tool, with carbon calculator…
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March 2026
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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, UK Kidney Association, The Health Foundation, NHS Blood and Transplant
Written by Scottish Government, experts from NHS Scotland and experts by experience and in collaboration with SIGN, the guidance updates the previous 2018 edition to ensure appropriate prescribing of…
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March 2026
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SLWG led by Effective prescribing and therapeutics
In 2024, Global Burden of Disease (GBD) updated the forecast of global cause-specific age-standardized death rates. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) was forecast to increase by over 30% from 2022, while…
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February 2026
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Ortiz, A ., Lees, JS ., Torra, R., Stel, VS., Kramer, A., Mark, PB
The environmental impact of dialysis care is a significant concern, with attention often focused on energy and water use. However, a critical and overlooked source of potent greenhouse gas emissions…
Hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, and peritoneal dialysis are among the most resource-intensive medical therapies, owing to their high energy and water consumption, heavy reliance on disposable…
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February 2026
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Barraclough, K., Berman-Parks, N., Jha, V., Piccoli, G., Stigant, C., Talbot, B., Tarrass, F., Cheung, M., King, J., Grams, M., Jadoul, M., Flythe J.
Guidelines for sustainable diabetes care. This includes step wise prescribing guidance to change disposable insulin pens to reusable cartridges and details on recycling schemes available.
This Education Sustainability Network event outlined the wide range of educational offerings from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.Watch for an overview of our free and paid-for opportunities…
On Wednesday 11th Feb the Sustainable Occupational Therapy network met and were treated to a presentation by Charlotte Senior and Alicja Bodnar, apprentices at University of East London. They talked…
