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How to Drive Sustainable Healthcare: Educate, Engage, and Empower
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Discover the importance of sustainability in…
The NHSScotland Climate Emergency & Sustainability Strategyaims for an environmentally and socially sustainable health and care system that improves the health and wellbeing of people living in…
Technical Case StudyGlobally,anaesthetic gases are responsible for ∼2-3% of Healthcare’s carbon footprint.The United Kingdom has steadfastly reduced its emissions associated with volatile…
Technical Case Study
Populations are ageing and many people over the age of 50 years live with multiplelong-term conditions and as a result take multiple medications (known aspolypharmacy).…
Abstract
The healthcare sector is a significant producer of greenhouse gas emissions. Gases that contribute to climate change include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons.…
As trusted advisors, health professionals can listen to their patients, raise awareness of climate change as a health issue, provide personalised guidance, and share solutions to protect the health of…
Interventions that consider climate change, sustainability, and nature should be integral to health system functioning. Placing sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future offers opportunities to…
For a greener ICU, we call for healthcare researchers to measure the environmental benefits of interventions to limit low-value care, and for healthcare practitioners to increase implementation of…
