Five questions to ask for sustainability issues.
Garbage
Is the waste separated so that only dangerous red waste is sent for incineration and the rest separated for recycling? This can be a…
The 2013 Green Nephrology Award (for sustainability initiatives in kidney units) went to joint winners, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and Bradford Teaching Hospitals.
Both kidney units…
Carbon footprint of patient journeys through primary careAbstract from an article published in the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) September 2013 and taken from SDU webite…
Check out this article published in Metro, which gives very interesting statistics for how a green working space can improve your creativity, productivity and…
Sustainability means many different things to many different people. Most people struggle to understand what it looks like. Prince Charles is big on it. Banks talk about it. Large multi-nationals put…
Hello everyone! First I wanted to say thank you for all of the great resources that have been shared on this site, especially the recent flurry from the COT conference. It is exciting to hear all…
Don't forget to register for the Green Nephrology Summit, taking place at Guy's Hospital in London on Wednesday 25th September.
This is the yearly get-together of the Green Nephrology Network,…
Interesting to see this case study from Barts - lots of money saved by simple energy saving, but staff only changed behaviour after the link to patient experience was made, e.g. close doors to improve…
Anna Watkinson-Powell has written a great blog on the Climate and Health Council Website describing the run up to the student's passing a climate change resolution. No 1 is for the inclusion of…
What will kidney care look like in 10 or 15 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS? Will patients still travel three times a week to access dialysis, or cover hundreds of miles to…