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Key Learning Point: Purchase and use of a baling machine to compact waste can result in significant environmental and social savings with calculated actual financial saving.
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10 Apr 2024 •
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Paul Williams, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
Key learning point: Reducing the burden of waste and improving its segregation into appropriate streams for disposal has positive environmental impacts as well as cost savings.
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The project was shortlisted for the Green Nephrology Awards 2012. The PDF award entry poster may be downloaded fromhere.
Key learning point: Electricity energy saving in patients homes – with…
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10 Apr 2024 •
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Kevin Gibbs, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Key learning point: Digitalisation of pathology reporting results in significant social as well as environmental and financial savings.
Setting/Patient Group:Dialysis unit patient…
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10 Apr 2024 •
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Ian Stott, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
In our last edition, we explored the meaning behind 20 buzzwords, which are at the forefront of decarbonization efforts in healthcare. 🌍💚 In this addition, let’s dive into the exciting world of the…
This is a free online carbon footprint calculator for use in in-centre haemodialysis units. It measures your overall footprint and carbon intensity per patient session, and identifies the greenhouse…
Dear all,
Sharing in case of use, the UHD guideline for managing medicines stock in a heatwave. This incorporates SPS guidance and pharmacokinetic data. We hope to have produced a pragmatic guide…
*UPDATED FOR 2023*
The calculator has now been updated with the latest GHG emission factors for 2023. If you are estimating travel emissions from a project for the year 2022 you can still access the…
How the environmental decline can affect mental health
As our planet faces unprecedented environmental challenges, it is becoming increasingly evident that the…
Project completed as part of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTM UHB) and Centre for Sustainable HealthcareIntensive Sustainable Innovation Group Scholar…