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"No time for the recommended 30 minutes of exercise a day? But have you got time for illness? Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for cancer and a bigger risk factor for coronary heart…

Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide Issue to be addressed: Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust estimate procurement of more than one million syringes in 2013 representing…

In Sustainability in Ophthalmology the Royal College of Ophthalmologists calls for leadership from the profession and the healthcare industry to develop best practice and integrate these into our…

Setting/Patient Group: Operating Theatres Issue to be addressed: Inappropriate waste segregation and disposal - all waste from clinical areas within the operating theatre setting was disposed of…

This is a really good checklist for you to try and reduce the carbon footprint of the practice. I found it on the resource page for the NHS Sustainability Day.

Carbon champion checklist, developed in UCLH. All hospitals, clinics & GP practices are encouraged to carry out a snap-shot audit on NHS Sustainability Day of Action - 28 March 2012.More checklists…

Setting/Patient Group: Operating Theatres Issue to be addressed: To reduce the environmental impact of two operating theatres, focusing on waste disposal and electricity usage.…

A carbon footprinting tool specifically designed for GPs to measure the carbon footprint of their practice - developed by the Royal College of General Practitioners working with environmental…

Flyer - folds to 1/3 A4."What health professionals can do:" e.g. advise patients (re diet, active transport, insulation, green spaces); keep informed, influence menus, put climate change on agenda,…

"The RCGP recognises that the unsustainable use of resources poses a significant challenge to public health in the 21st Century and that human-induced climate change in particular threatens the long…