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URGENT - GMC consultation on changes to GMP guidance - ends 20th July

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14 Jul 2022
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Hayley Pinto
The GMC consultation on changes to Good Medical Practice guidelines closes on the 20th July. Please take the time to respond to this.Take part in the Good medical practice consultation - GMC…
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Glucose lab sample carbon footprint estimation

Created on
5 Jul 2022
by
Eleanor Murray
I have seen paper that has analysed the carbon footprint of U&E, FBC, coag, and ABG. However, I am aware that energy source in Australia where the study was based is very different to Scotland and…
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URGENT! GMC Good medical practice consultation

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29 Jun 2022
by
Hayley Pinto
The GMC is currently consulting on updates to the Good medical practice guidelines which will then be fixed for another five years. Given the urgency of acting on the climate crisis we therefore need…
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Useful websites and organisations

Created on
25 Jun 2022
by
Sheri Scott
Early this year,The Biologist published an article on lab sustainability - this article features four focussed projects for improving sustainable laboratory practice. Below I would like to share with…
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Survey of GI society leadership

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13 Jun 2022
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Robin Baddeley
Just published in Gut... A survey of global GI societyleadership to understand their views onclimate change, their society’s status,perceived barriers to action, support thatmight be useful and…
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Free journal club 15 June: Minimizing carbon and financial costs of steam sterilization and packaging of reusable surgical instruments

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10 Jun 2022
by
Catherine Floyd
The next paper to be discussed at the Planetary Healthcare Journal Club is Chantalle Rizan'srecent“Minimizing carbon and financial costs of steam sterilization and packaging of reusable surgical…
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Laboratory sustainability in healthcare - Looking ahead

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9 Jun 2022
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Sheri Scott
Welcome! This second post on our new network is really about sharing with you current work and the exciting times ahead. New guidance from UK Gov has been released for health professionals -…
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A warm welcome to Clinical Labs Susnet!

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8 Jun 2022
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Sheri Scott
Thankyou for joining Clinical Labs Susnet! We hope this will be a useful space for you to connect with other professionals who are working to embed environmental sustainability into pathology and…
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We need your views!

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9 May 2022
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Robin Baddeley
We need your views! The GLINT research network in London have put together an electronic survey to capture views on sustainability in endoscopy and barriers to change from anyone who works in…
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Green Endoscopy: Counting the Carbon Cost of Our Practice

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18 Mar 2022
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Robin Baddeley
We have just published a commentary on Green Endoscopy in Gastroenterology,a major gastroenterology journal. https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(22)00147-0/fulltext Here we…