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Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: Professor Mary Lynch/UK/Republic of Ireland/University of KwaZulu-Natal
Issue:The KwaZulu-Natal…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location:Brian Gray/ Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Issue:MedStar Harbor Hospital (MHH) sits on…
A report has just been presented to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in respect of the Montreal Protocol, that covers the propellant gases in Metred Dose Inhalers.
Pgs 38-40…
Key learning point
The case study and discussion outlined above includes most of the information required to develop a sound business case for a programme to retro-fit heat exchangers to existing…
Published date
December 2012
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by
Steve Milne, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Key learning point
The introduction of remote monitoring with teleconsultation has the potential to improve the targeting of specialist care resources (financial and environmental) to deliver the…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: Marianne Dawson, Canada, British Columbia
Issue: To scale sustainable change and not add to the…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: Laura L. Bellaire, USA
Issue: Healthcare delivery generates significant waste and emissions.…
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…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: USA
Issue: US and UK estimates show the supply chain to cause the majority of emissions from…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: Wales, UK
Issue: The healthcare sector contributes heavily to climate change, producing 4.4% of…