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Healthcare and particularly medicines contribute significantly to the NHS carbon footprint and to environmental pollution. This article discusses significant pharmaceutical contributors, actions…

Key learning point"We advocate that every renal unit both in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe considers salvaging reject water as it offers a major opportunity to reduce not only the…

Thisexample driver diagram shows how principles of sustainable clinical practice can be applied to improverespiratory inhaler prescribing. Hopefully it shows a holistic approach (MDI>DPI is not the…

Thedegroeneic.nl website is in Dutch forThe Green ICU partnership in the Netherlands, but Chrome has a translation extension to read the content in English.

This Sustainable Hospital website is a Dutch initiative connecting researchers with expertise in engineering, design and policy (TU Delft); medical sciences (Erasmus MC); operations & technology…

I hope this might be interesting to some members, this article reports on work we have been doing to look at overuse in health care as a form of overconsumption, and examines health care overuse from…

Chen, M., Zhou, R., Du, C. et al. Int Urol Nephrol (2016). doi:10.1007/s11255-016-1418-5 This study aimed to determine the carbon footprints of peritoneal dialysis (PD) with the different…

Here are some links to Dutch information: -national green deal: The five goals of the Green Deal for Sustainable Healthcare (greendeals.nl) -our website: www.sustainablehospital.org -knmp…

The Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS), Oxford and Wessex AHSNs have created a practical guide for healthcare professionals working in the respiratory field which aims to benefit patients and reduce the…

A ten-point summary of best practice for mental health teams to improve respiratory outcomes for people with mental health problems developed by the London Respiratory Network. This matters…