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This is the most recent carbon/natural resources footprint of health and social care in England, based on 2017 data. Of note, the greenhouse gas emissions from metered dose inhalers are estimated at…
Short animation to raise awareness of the NHS contribution to environmental issues such as climate change and air pollution, and encourage health professionals to look for environmentally friendly…
Resource Description:
Project completed as part of The 2018 University Hospitals SouthamptonNHS Foundation Trust Green Ward Competition.
Project Aim:
To optimise patients in readiness for…
Project completed as part of the 2017 Southampton Green Team Competition
Setting/Patient Group: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
Issue to be addressed:
Patient in CICU did not routinely…
Thisexample driver diagram shows how principles of sustainable clinical practice can be applied to improverespiratory inhaler prescribing. Hopefully it shows a holistic approach (MDI>DPI is not the…
The University of Westminster has published an excellent explanatory document on social prescription. It's a fantastic end to end resource with explanations of terminology, structures, different types…
This case study about an early mobilisation project in a cardiac intensive care unit is available on the SusQI website as one of the examples for how sustainability can be embedded into the quality…
Chen, M., Zhou, R., Du, C. et al. Int Urol Nephrol (2016). doi:10.1007/s11255-016-1418-5
This study aimed to determine the carbon footprints of peritoneal dialysis (PD) with the different…
A ten-point summary of best practice for mental health teams to improve respiratory outcomes for people with mental health problems developed by the London Respiratory Network. This matters…
Article published last week in CJASN: "Heat stress nephropathy may represent one of the first epidemics due to global warming."
ABSTRACT:
Climate change has led to significant rise of…