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Setting/Patient Group:Sheffield Kidney Institute
Issue to be addressed:
Discharge rates from secondary care is limited by concerns about whether patients can be reliably locked into a disease…
Setting/Patient Group:Renal Unit (offices and wards)
Issue to be addressed:
Energy is responsible for approximate 10% of the carbon footprint of the NHS.
The unit invested in a greener…
Created on
16 May 2023 •
by
Mr Nsipa Siwale, Energy Manager, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Setting/Patient Group:Renal Unit
Issue to be addressed:
Renal units are resource-intensive areas. An action plan was devised to improve resource efficiency.
Intervention:
2-3hrs…
Created on
15 May 2023 •
by
Simeon Edwards, Renal Unit Manager, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Setting/Patient Group:Renal department
Issue to be addressed:
A rising prevalence of recognised CKD requires strengthened communication between primary and secondary care.
Over 90% of the…
This article by CSH's Sustainable Surgery Fellow, Chantelle Rizan, and co-authors, providesgreenhouse gas emission factors for the different healthcare waste streams in the…
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.…
Welcome to the resources page for the UKKA Kidney Unit Sustainability Champion Scheme
The UKKA Sustainability Committee needs a named staff Sustainability Champion in each UK kidney unit so…
This is a recording of the AHP Sustainability webinar from June 18th 2020, part of theNational Allied Health Professions fornightly webinar series.
This webinarincluded exploration of the AHP role…
Improving resource use by reusing and recycling dialysis reverse osmosis (RO) system reject water. ROsystem reject water was reused to provide steam for sterilising autoclave systems, for waste…