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Project completed as part of the 2024 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition.
Team members:
Dr Daniel Lopez Baez, Emergency Medicine Trainee ST1
Dr Rachel…
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November 2024
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Dr Daniel Lopez Baez, Emergency Medicine Trainee ST1 and Dr Rachel Harrison, Paediatric Emergency Department (ED) Consultant
An eye opening meta analysis and review of microplastic leaching from plastic food containers and otherwise. Enters our food, we ingest these plastics and they subsequently enter our water systems and…
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Xiangyu Liu, Detian Li, Ziang Li, Andrew S. Ball, Chengrong Chen
Food and catering account for 6% of the NHS carbon footprint, so increasing sustainability of food in healthcare settings is a priority. The work described in this paper targeted reduction of beef…
We ran a health creation week in June 2024 across our PCN (5 GP practices in and around Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire) using funds from our ICB to support the Gloucestershire primary care…
This eye-opening study continuously measured individual exposure toindoorand outdoor-generated air pollution, in76 patients with COPD,for an average of 134 days. They compared this with information…
Sub-optimally controlled asthma is common, leading to preventable symptoms, asthma attacks and death. This is in part because of normalisation of symptoms, underuse of preventer therapy, overuse of…
Project completed as part of the South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2024
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Julia MacLaren (Wellness Kitchen Consultant, South Health…
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September 2024
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Julia MacLaren (Wellness Kitchen Consultant) and April Matsuno (Wellness Centre Manager)
Promoting practical action that can help to reduce the environmental impact of respiratory healthcare.
The PCRS has published a calendar of practical steps you can take to make your respiratory…
This guide is for everyone living with CKD who wants to eat more plant-based foods, and those interested to learn more. If you have advanced CKD (stages 4 and 5), you may benefit from the advice of a…
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British Dietetic Association (BDA) - Kidney Dietitian Specialist Group
Dr Alan Dangour, Climate Director at the Wellcome Trust joined our Susnet Kidney Care event as an esteemed academic to share his knowledge on how we all need to take action in our respective fields to…