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Dialysis units can make big carbon and £ savings by slimming down their use of dialysis consumables. This guide suggests how you can spot opportunities and measure savings. It's easy!
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Presentation from the Cost Saving Strategies in Renal Medicine conference on 1 December 2011. Describes a number of recent cost saving green projects from the Green Nephrology Network (many thanks to…
This second year SSC allowed students to form groups and work on a project to communicate health and sustainability issues to a specific population of their choice.
These examples are from groups…
Key learning point: Recycling waste concentrate water from hospital’s renal unit offers significant water, carbon, and financial savings
Setting/Patient Group: Renal Unit, Lister Hospital
Issue…
Created on
1 Feb 2011 •
by
Robert Jones, Property Services Manager, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
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Although an upfront expense, upgrading older water treatment systems offers significant environmental and financial savings. Furthermore, the upgrade saves nursing time and…
Created on
2 Nov 2009 •
by
Andrew Owen, Chief Renal Technologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
16-page A4 booklet designed for anyone responsible for facilities or budgets in primary care. The booklet aims to "Assess the potential for energy saving, highlighting key areas for improvement; Raise…
The Lancet Global Health blog article titled 'Healthcare professionals: reduce meat consumption to tackle climate change and improve public health'.
Article is found on page 367 of linked document…
This is an editorial that was published in in the Psychiatric Bulletin in May. It sets out what practising sustainably in mental health might look like and how best to achieve it.