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Green building week

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16 Sep 2013
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Check out this article published in Metro, which gives very interesting statistics for how a green working space can improve your creativity, productivity and…
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What does it look like?

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2 Sep 2013
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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…
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Don't forget to register for the Green Nephrology Summit on 25 September

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29 Aug 2013
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Frances Mortimer
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,…
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Linking energy saving to patient experience

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29 Aug 2013
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Frances Mortimer
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…
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About the Green Nephrology Network

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21 Aug 2013
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Frances Mortimer
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…
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Improving Chances of Graft Survival

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13 Aug 2013
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William Beale
Improving Chances We have a theory that the food waste containers we have in our kitchens are a breeding and incubation area for nasty bacteria that is harmful to patients with a low immune…
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Start of RCPsych Research Fellowship in Sustainability

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13 Aug 2013
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This is my first blog as the Royal College of Psychiatrists Research Fellow in Sustainability.The announcement of my appointment to this fellowship was made in April’s edition of the RCPsych…
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Acid delivery - powder vs concentrate?

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18 Jul 2013
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John Stoves
Does anyone have experience of using powder for local mixing of acid for haemodialysis? At face value there appear to be significant financial and carbon savings to be made. It would be good to…
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CleanMed Europe social media platforms - follow and join the conversation

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16 Jul 2013
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There's now afacebook pageandtwitter accountfor September's CleanMed Europe conference - if you use social media, do follow them for new blogs as they published, along with news items and reports.…
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Overcoming barriers in Green Nephrology

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8 Jul 2013
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Frances Mortimer
In the survey of Green Nephrology Local Representatives in 2010, Local Reps identified some of the barriers that can prevent them from seeing through local green initiatives. We would like to explore…