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Sustainable Healthcare Education—a network of academics, doctors, and health-care students—has developed three simple learning objectives to communicate the links between medical practice and a more…

The targets of the Climate Change Act are very challenging for the NHS, which means fundamental transformation of clinical practices will be required to meet them.Sustainability in the NHS has mostly…

The evidence regarding community treatment order effectiveness has been conflicting. This systematic review aims to bring up to date the review performed by Churchill and colleagues in 2005 by…

This study examines the carbon footprint of the supply of medical equipment needed for renal services in the NHS.

Considers the use of disposable duodenoscopes to prevent infection due to equipment contamination. Produces potential cost for different hospital settings in the USA.

This Canadian article differentiates between 'ecological' and ‘environmental’ determinants of health. It proposes more attention to ecosystems as foundational to human health and recognizes climate…

Planetary health and primary care: what’s the emergency? Terry Kemple British Journal of General Practice 2019; 69 (688): 536-537. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X706145 "In 30…

Environmental competencies for healthcare educators and trainees: A scoping review Gillian Parker, Whitney Berta, Christine Shea, Fiona Miller Health Education Journal, Nov 11,…

Health Care Without Harm and the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments partnered on the “Nurses Climate Challenge” with the aim of nurses educating 5,000 health professionals on climate and…

Read our pesrpectives as final year medical students on how sustainable healthcare can be incorporated into medical education curricula through quality improvement projects.