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This study uses hybrid environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) to quantify average emissions associated with resource use in an acute inpatient unit with 49 beds and 14,427 hospitalization days and…
Project completed as part of the Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition 2023.
The project report highlights changes and initiatives implemented to reduce food cost, CO2 emissions and food…
The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) and the College Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI) at the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) have developed a report and…
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16 Nov 2023 •
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The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) and the College Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI) at the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych)
Study comparing an acute care unit with an intensive care unit in the US:
"An acute care unit generates 5.5kg of solid waste and 45kg CO2-e per hospitalization day. The ICU generates 7.1kg of solid…
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7 Dec 2021 •
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Prasad, P. A., Joshi, D., Lighter, J., Agins, J., Allen, R., Collins, M., Pena, F., Velletri, J., & Thiel, C.
During this talk Dr Effie Papargyropoulou Associate Professor in Sustainable Food Networks, University of Leeds, highlighted the findings of her research in this area. This research identifies…
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9 Nov 2023 •
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Papargyropoulou, E., Global Food and Environment Institute
Project completed as part of the North East London 2023 Green Team Competition as a partnership between NEL ICB, Newham Council and the Newham GP Federation.
As part of the NEL Green Team…
Reviewed and endorsed by the NHS England and NHS Improvement Inhaler Working Group and Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation
This guide can support healthcare professionals to safely and…
On Tuesday it was International Biodiversity day. Biological diversity is often understood in terms of a wide variety of plants, animals and microorganisms, but it also includes genetic differences…
The SHARE conference is an international conference that took place 7 May 2021, hosted in partnership between Bighton & Sussex Medical School and the University of Brighton School of Health…