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Book chapter Health systems are significant contributors to carbon emissions, and the effects of climate change negatively impact human health. The chapter outlines the role of healthcare providers…

Please see the new and improved Green Impact for Healthcare (GIFH) Toolkit. This toolkit provides detailed guidance on specific practical actions that GP Practices can take towards environmentally…

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Quality improvement (QI) projects are a mandatory part of postgraduate medical training in the UK and graduating medical students must be competent in QI theory. We evaluated an educational toolkit…

The healthcare sector is a major contributor to climate change and there are international calls to mitigate environmental degradation through more sustainable forms of clinical care. The UK…

There is a pressing need for more sustainable healthcare. UK medical graduates are required to apply social, economic, and environmental principles of sustainability to their practice. The Centre for…

Information for patients on the environmental impact of anaesthesia. "You may choose to use this information to ask your anaesthetist about your particular anaesthetic for your forthcoming…

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 125 (5): 680e692 (2020) Forbes McGain, Jane Muret, Cathy Lawson and Jodi D. Sherman Key points: The scientific foundation for environmental sustainability in…

Key learning point: Simple measures to reduce, reuse and recycle paper resulted in a 75% reduction of paper use, resulting in environmental and financial savings. Setting/Patient Group: Dialysis…

Key Learning Point: Purchase and use of a baling machine to compact waste can result in significant environmental and social savings with calculated actual financial saving. Setting/Patient…