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Should the NHS declare a Climate Emergency?

Created on
21 Mar 2019
by
Angela Wilson
Dear All, It is NHS Sustainability day today. I would be grateful if you could comment on the following letter that has been sent to the Department of Health today asking for the NHS to declare…
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Acid concentrate dilution

Created on
29 Nov 2018
by
Fraser Gilmour
From the sustainability session discussions at the recent ART conference it was identified that there are still a significant number of UK trusts using 1:34 dilution acidinstead of the stronger and…
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MDIs to DPIs

Created on
27 Nov 2018
by
Christelle Blunden
Does anyone have an example of an audit or guideline review they have completed on the above which they are willing to share which I could use for inspiration to work with my practice and CCG on the…
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"Can a Whisper become a Roar" A call to action for the healthcare community

Created on
15 Nov 2018
by
James Szymankiewicz
"As clinicians we are taught to value evidence based interventions that benefit health and wellbeing. We look for the causes of disease and aim to change behaviour to improve outcomes. We have a…
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Sustainability sessions at the Association of Renal Technologists Conference 2018

Created on
18 Oct 2018
by
Fraser Gilmour
Great presentation by Dr Frances Mortimer at the recent ART conference in Grantham on the challenges we face to reduce our impact on resourceswhen providing healthcare and the work the green…
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International Green Nephrology

Created on
17 Oct 2018
by
Frances Mortimer
The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) has expressed an interest in supporting collective efforts to improve the environmental sustainability of kidney care. This could…
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What is the carbon footprint of patients' travel to GP?

Created on
14 Oct 2018
by
Harry Longman
I run askmyGP, which aims to make it easier for patients to get help from their own GP, and easier for GPs to give the right help. A key element of this is the finding that only about one in three…
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New examples from kidney units needed!

Created on
18 Sep 2018
by
Frances Mortimer
Dear kidney teams and patients, I have been invited to run a session at the Association for Renal Technicians' conference in October 2018. I will be presenting examples of green practice from…
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Calling all Q members (Health Foundation) with a passion for sustainability

Created on
12 Sep 2018
by
Chantelle Rizan
Calling all sustainability friends… are you a Q member (Health Foundation)? We are pleased to announce we have just started a new Sustainability Specialist Interest group- please do join us…
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Sustainability Series: What is the role of sustainable quality improvement?

Created on
5 Jul 2018
by
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As part of CSH's "Sustainability Series" we have this month published a blog on Sustainable Quality Improvement- all about how healthcaresystems can re-aligntheir definition of value in order to…