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Green Accreditation to Become Compulsory for Wellcome and CRUK Funded Labs

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17 Jun 2024
by
Rachael Ward
The news that green laboratory accreditation is to become compulsory for CRUK and Wellcome-funded labs is a cause for celebration!🎉🎉🎉The CRUK and Wellcome funding bodies are signatories on the newly…
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British Thoracic Societry Position Statement on Sustainability and the Environment: Climate Change and Lung Health

Created on
16 Jun 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) recently published a "Position Statement on Sustainability and the Environment: Climate Change and Lung Health". The BTS explains that this statement "...sets out…
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Advice re biodegradable specimen bags

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30 May 2024
by
lucy thomas
Hi, I am looking for some advice on whether biodegradable blood specimen bags are a feasible option to replace single use plastic ones as I was recently told that they are treated as clinical waste…
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Looking for sustainable haematologists!

Created on
7 May 2024
by
Frances Mortimer
Are there any haematologists interested in sustainable healthcare who would like to connect up with others internationally? We've been approached by international partners looking for UK…
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1 week until our next Sustainable Respiratory Care 'sharing hour' - How can a visual guide support high quality and low carbon asthma reviews?

Created on
23 Apr 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
This time next week, we'll be discussing what we can focus on during asthma reviews with our patients. What will help them understand their condition better, take their preventer inhaler, and use the…
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Call for papers on Sustainable Medicine Use

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22 Apr 2024
by
Nuala Hampson
Call for papers for a special themed issue of the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice on the climate, nature and pollution crises and how more sustainable medicines use can make a…
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CASCADES Publishes Sustainable Occupational Therapy Playbook

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25 Mar 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis) have published the Sustainable Occupational Therapy playbook, which is available here. This playbook provides background…
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Recycling schemes for CPAP packaging.

Created on
22 Mar 2024
by
Madeleine Fairweather
As a physiologist I play a significant role in delivering the CPAP service at my Trust. Quite frankly it is terribly wasteful and so for my first post I would like to pose a question: “does anyone…
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My Green Lab Accreditation - Pathology network

Created on
17 Mar 2024
by
Rajeka Lazarus
Hello, NHS England have agreed to fund My Green Lab accreditation for the labs within our pathology network (I think it is West of England). Not sure whether this is a national offer but worth…
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Disposable vapes ban - an environmental good news story!

Created on
7 Feb 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
There aren't many environmental good news stories at the moment, so I wanted to highlight a recent one, which will also have huge health benefits, especially for respiratory health. Following the…