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Background: Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats to human health.…
From the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, this a short video (see link below) which accompanies the #HealthyRecovery letter (https://healthyrecovery.net), signed on behalf of tens of…
Health Care’s Climate Footprint: How the Health Sector Contributes to the Global Climate Crisis and Opportunities for Action.
This report co-produced by Health Care Without Harm and Arup is useful…
Realising the health benefits of acting on air pollution
This report on air pollution describes the current problem, the reasons it exists and the critical need to resolve it, and includes high…
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…
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…
Nephrologist,Charlie Tomson, gives an overview of the challenge of reducingcarbon in the NHS and potential solutions - from energy and waste reduction to Sustainable Care Pathways.
The continued use of metered-dose inhalers in respiratory care will have a potentially catastrophic effect on global warming if production is not controlled, largely because these inhalers use potent…
In March 2012, leading members of the respiratory care community attended a Summit entitled “Respiratory Care 2020: High Quality, Low Carbon” . The meeting identified priority areas for action to…
More slides from the 23 March 2012 Summit, "Sustainable Respiratory Care: High Quality Low Carbon" attended by leading members of the respiratory care community.