42 people gathered for this year's Green Nephrology Summit, held at Guy's Hospital in London on 25th September. Once again, we were a good mix of clinicians (docs, nurses, physios), technicians,…
The Guardian reports on how a website is helping those with mental illness rebuild their lives. This website is called'Connect and Do'. It helps users to connect with other people, do something fun,…
This doesn't look as good as the system pioneered in Bradford, but it's still good that other centres are looking at e-consultations to reduce the number of patients with CKD who are required to…
The Department of Health and the National Institute for Health Research Devices for Dignity Healthcare Technology Co-operative (NIHR D4D HTC) are collaborating to launch a new Small Business Research…
Sustainability fellows are working to identify a variety of potential approaches that Deaneries and Colleges could take depending on their level of commitment to sustainability. An example of an…
The fourth CleanMed Europe conference, Europe’s leading conference on the intersection between environmental sustainability and healthcare, took place last month, organised by the Centre for…
The focus at CleanMedwas different each day, with the first day focusing on ‘making the exceptional normal’. This was about different types of technological innovations that can reduce both financial…
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…