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Social prescribing services for mental healthcare create links with support in the community for people using primary care. Social prescribing services may reduce future healthcare use, and therefore…
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March 2016
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Maughan, D., Patel, A., Parveen, T., Braithwaite, I., Cook, J., Lillywhite, R., and Cooke, M.
Fascinating article about the importance of training health care learners about sustainability and its importance in order to reach carbon-neutral goals in the future
Published date
June 2021
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Owen Dan, Luo Jacob, Joel Kirsh, Carson Victoria, Sanderson Kelan, Wu Rosemarie Vincent
This study looks at countries who have calculated their national health systems carbon footprint: UK, America, Australia, China, Japan and highlights opportunities for improved data availability and…
Paper pinpoints gaps in literature and knowledge around sustainablity in endoscopy. Also, provides means to indenitify these gaps and counter the issues raised there.
Sector review considering the root causes of waste in endoscopy with frameworks for measuring carbon footprints and action steps to handle carbon footprint.
Paper discussing the need to reprocess endoscopic equipment alongside the potential health risks this practice may incur and the some solutions to these risks.
Discussion paper arguing that endoscopy makes a significant contribution to healthcare waste production and emissions. Looks to sustainable healthcare principles as one way to tackle these concerns.
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and the HEENortheast Faculty of Sustainable Healthcare have developed an e-LFH module on Environmental Sustainability in Quality Improvement which is now…
