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Project completed as part of the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition
Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide
Issue to be addressed:
5% of the carbon footprint of acute…
Published date
April 2019
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Swarbrick C, Valentine P, Martin F, Ford P and Martin A.
Green Impact is a sustainability accreditation scheme with an audit and awards element designed specifically for dental practices. It’s an international programme, recognised by UNESCO as a global…
Our article published today!"The contribution of anaesthesia to the environmental impact of healthcare is significant and visible, but amenable to change. We believe that this places anaesthetists in…
Published date
March 2019
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Shelton, C.L., McBain, S.C., Mortimer, F. and White, S.M.
A website with resources developed and created by environmental active individuals from the Black and Global Majority. It gives voice for diversity and multicultural participation in the space of…
"Sustainable healthcare education: integrating planetary
health into clinical education" (Walpole, Barna, Richardson, Rother) situates the work of the Sustainable Healthcare Education network within…
Published date
January 2019
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Walpole,S. C., Barna, S., Richardson, J., Rother, H.
3rd year medical students at Sheffield University have a student self selected placement in social accountability, which focusses on the social determinants of health. I wrote a proposal for students…
Aisling Condon and Helen Taylor from the Carbon Literacy Project, give an introduction to Carbon Literacy in healthcare and for AHPs specifically. The presentation aims to increase awareness and…
Urgent Community Response Teams support people and help them to stay at home with hte correct medication, support and equipment. having an OT and nurse or paramedic in a joint visit enables this to…
The Royal College of Physicians published a new report 'Outpatients: the future – adding value through sustainability' which seeks to re-evaluate the purpose of outpatient care and align those…
The University of Brighton School of Health Sciences hosts a sustainability conference every year. Videos and slides from previous events are available here:
Sustainability symposium…
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November 2018
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The University of Brighton School of Health Sciences