Question: What should our priority be as psychiatrists? Answer: The mental health of our patients! Unfortunately, it is not as simple as that! Questions such as ‘where does the responsibility for our…
I'm a junior doctor interested in reducing the amount of clinical waste produced by the theatres in the hospital that I work in, much as the recycling project in the Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital…
David Nicholson who has just left his post as CEO of the NHS wrote a letter to all commissioners and Trust Chief Executives calling them to improve the sustainability of services. It would be…
Is urban design really powerful enough to make or break happiness? The question posed in this article deserves consideration, because the happy city message is taking root around the world. Do the…
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My name's Isobel Braithwaite and I'm a medical student at UCL; I've been involved with the CSH in the past as an intern and met some of you at CleanMed Europe. I'm involved in the student…
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CSH is thinking about starting a project to 1) look at patient transport in kidney care from both carbon and patient experience points of view and 2) run a pilot project in one hospital.…
Budget cuts lend impetus to integrating health and social careCheck out this Guardian article published on 6th November. It talks about how intetgration is needed to respond to NHS budget cuts. Could…
Dialysis treatment for end stage kidney disease is a burden on patients, taxpayers, and the environment. The carbon cost of dialysis is estimated to be seven tonnes CO2 equivalents per year. Although…
Tuesday 19th November 2013, 1:00 pm (GMT) / 8:00 am (EST) Join this webinar with Veolia Water to find out about the growing business risks relating to water use, the need for a pragmatic metric and…