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Project completed as part of the Green Surgery Challenge 2021.
Setting/Patient Group: 2 hospital sites
Issue to be addressed:
To reduce the carbon footprint of carpal tunnel release…
Published date
July 2021
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Kodumuri P, Jesudason P, Houghton J, Roberts S, Williamson I and Revell T
Setting/Patient Group: District General Hospital
Issue to be addressed:
It was observed that many surgical patients had both anti-embolism stockings (AES) and intermittent pneumatic compression…
NHS Wales plan for reducing the environmental impact of the NHS and addressing climate change.The plan sets out 46 initiatives and targets for the decarbonisation of NHS Wales that will be assessed…
An article by Andrew Connor, Robert Lillywhite and Matthew Cooke (2010) using component analysisto analysethe carbon footprint of a renal service. Results suggested a number of carbon-reduction…
This article by Andrew Connor, Robert Lillywhite and Matthew Cooke (2011), discusses the differentcarbon footprints associated to differingtreatment modalities and regimes used to deliver maintenance…
An article from an Indian nursing journal considering the need for changes to nursing education to cover the prevalence of zoonotic infections in communities. With public health and preventative…
Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Surgery Challenge.
Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatres
Issue to be addressed:
Aim to deliver more sustainable surgical care through two…
Published date
April 2021
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Beatty J, Gan J, Robb H, Dryden S, Ortega P, Granger T, Russell B, Purkayastha S and Kynoch M
Professor Nicolas Martin, Mr Steve Mulligan and co-authorshave recently published two articles on sustainable oral healthcarein the Dental Update Journal.
Both parts can be found below.
Part…
This handbook is about how Nature on Prescription can be used to support people’s mental health, and makes evidence-based suggestions for how to develop and implement a high-quality scheme, in the new…
