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These recommendations to support healthcare providers working in the renal field were developed to raise awareness of the importance of evaluation of the current situation in their renal units as a…

New paper launched in conjunction with the new HealthcareLCA database. Paper discusses the new open-access database, methods and everything known about life cycle assessments (LCA's) in healthcare so…

Launch of a new Healthcare LCA Database, an up-to-date repository of published life cycle assessements within healthcare. 'HealthcareLCA brings together environmental assessments of health systems,…

Information on carbon footprint of commonly prescribed anticipatory medications in Palliative Care

This calculator makes use of carbon footprint data, contained within the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition’sCare Pathways: Guidance on Appraising Sustainability. It uses a step-wise process to sum…

What's the carbon footprint of anaesthetic gases? You can use your phone to determine the carbon impact and cost of your chosen anaesthetic agent. Developed in conjunction with Southampton…

Project completed as part of the Northampton Green Team Competition 2022. Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide Issue to be addressed: Personal protective equipment (PPE) use increased over…

The purpose of this document is to provide further details on the methods used when producing the Department for Transport’s journey emission comparisons, and facilitate others in generating their own…

In 2015 the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) (now known as Greener NHS) in partnership with Environmental Resources Management estimated carbon footprints for the following units of healthcare…

Improving productivity, costs and environmental impact in international eye health services: using the 'eyefficiency' cataract surgical services auditing tool to assess the value of cataract surgical…