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This very interesting report talks about the psychological impacts of climate change which are very worrying indeed.
It then calls for professionals in mental health to focus on this issue to bring…
On the advice of the GMC, the Sustainable Healthcare Education Network is planning a national consultation with undergraduate and postgraduate educators to refine and validate our recommended learning…
Key learning point: Digitalisation of pathology reporting results in significant social as well as environmental and financial savings.
Setting/Patient Group:Dialysis unit
Issue to be…
Published date
September 2012
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Elizabeth Critchley, Renal Unit Deputy Manager, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Update on SHE Network activities in 2011-12 - including award of HEA grant, GMC liaison, draft curriculum consultation, conference presentations and workshops, publications by SHE members.
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…
"Turning the NHS into an environmentally sustainable organisation will take more than switching off the lights in unused rooms. Rather, it demands a complete overhaul of attitudes and behaviour."…
Dissertation by Caroline Tomes, reading for MPhil in Public Health, University of Cambridge 2010-11. (Thesis supervised by Stefi Barna, University of East Anglia)
Objective: Climate change has been…
