The WWF (World Wildlife Fund) has come up with 5 key tips for healthy eating which is good for the planet at http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk/whats-next/healthy-eating-for-a-healthy-planet1) Eat more…
How our day-to-day prescribing habits impact the ecosystem- more incentives to reduce unecessary prescribing;http://www.theecologist.org/trial_investigations/268166/drugs_on_tap.htmlDoes anyone know…
So, the largest part of the NHS carbon footprint is procurement- how do we as GPs make a difference to that? Here are some clues..Department of Health guidance- 'Procuring for Carbon…
Hi, We're looking into how green we can make our home dialysis installations as green as possible and whether we can attract grants, Government or Local Council, to progress this. Has anyone looked…
On the 24th January the NHS Forest launched the Tree Sponsorship Scheme at Guy's Hospital in London. Sponsoring a tree for your preferred hospital means that you can say thank you, celebrate a birth…
In February 2011 GlaxoSmithKline and the Cooperative Pharmacy in partnership with TerraCycle UK launched the first respiratory inhaler recycling programme in Europe. Forty Cooperative pharmacies…
The General Medical Council (GMC) has welcomed recommendations from the Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE) Network on priority learning outcomes for sustainable healthcare.At a meeting in…
Most of you will have seen this article but if not don't miss it- the online responses are well worth a read to..http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.d8360A particular challenge for budding GP…
We have just been given the green light to re-cycle all of our concentrate bottles. I'm still in the process of calculating exactly what that will mean in terms of reducing our carbon footprint but as…
Reducing antibiotic prescribing… There are lots of reasons why a particular GP may or may not give antibiotics for a cough and sometimes I feel it’s more of an art than a science. The article in…