This isn't widely available but GSK have given it to me so I'm sharing it. It shows the carbon-trust-certified carbon footprint of their inhalers.
Headline figures are:
30 days of seretide 250…
New blog by Richard Smith on sustainable mental health services in Lambeth http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2017/01/05/richard-smith-tales-of-sustainability-i-transforming-mental-health-services-in-lambeth/
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UK health services are currently unprepared for the risks posed by climate change, warns a major newhealth alliancelaunching today. In an unprecedented move, the heads of the UK’s leading health…
The health sector is over the first hurdle in the race to reach carbon reduction targets and help limit the effects of climate change.
A report from the Sustainable Development Unit shows the NHS…