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Staff wellbeing and stress are critical issues for the NHS. This research investigates the benefits of green space for staff wellbeing at three NHS sites that have encouraged staff to spend time in…
Bee Healthy was a project that worked with GP surgeries in Oxfordshire to create herbaceous birds to support bee populations. This guide provides information for community organizations that wish to…
Green walking is about moving through a natural space. This simple act brings multiple benefits to physical, social and mental health. It can improve patients’ progress during hospitalisation and…
A short video introducing the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare'swork in supporting clinical specialties to improve sustainability. This video focuses on initiatives in kidney care, where the approach…
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By redirecting clean reject water to the boiler house for steam production, the hospital achieves significant water savings, reduced sewerage costs, and greenhouse gas…
Published date
July 2013
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by
Daniel Speakman, Staff Nurse, University Hospitals of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
The priority learning outcomes for environmental sustainability in medical education were developed in response to a request from the General Medical Council and refined through a two-stage national…
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…
This document has a set of case studies from UK medical schools that have been trying out ways of teaching medical students about the links between climate, sustainability and health. Most of the ones…
