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Welcome to Green Stroke Care Network

Created on
7 Jun 2021
by
Bethan Davies
Welcome to Green Stroke Care Network! Over 100,000 strokes occur each year in the UK with an estimated annual financial cost of £26 billion; the associated resource use contributes to the carbon…
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Call to Action for Environmentally Sustainable Practices in the Eye Health Sector

Created on
22 Apr 2021
by
Ingeborg Steinbach
In celebration of #EarthDay2021, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) has declared a #ClimateEmergency and released a Call to Action for Environmentally Sustainable…
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My role as W.I.S.E. Sustainability Fellow in Ophthalmology

Created on
27 Jan 2021
by
Aijing Wang
Environment and climate change have been areas I’ve been passionate about for a while, and I have made changes in my personal life to decrease my own carbon footprint. However, I have been at a loss…
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Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare goes international!

Created on
29 Jul 2020
by
Vivien De Greef
Our first Introduction course was by attended remotely by health professionals from across the UK, Australia and Canada. After a four-hour self-study module, we met in a four-hour workshop to discuss…
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"Covid Crisis"....aka......Climate Change and General/Eye Healthcare!

Created on
9 May 2020
by
Andy Cassels-Brown
We all want to "restart" elective care as soon as is safely possible in this Covid Crisis, and in some areas post-Covid era...... and restarting cataract surgery to reverse and prevent blindness has…
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Sustainability Diary March

Created on
17 Mar 2020
by
Alexander Chiu
Hi Sustainability Friends!!! Before I start I just want to wish everyone good health; these are testing times for all our healths and health systems. #staysafe#letsbeatcoronavirus. The…
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Sustainability Diary January

Created on
11 Jan 2020
by
Alexander Chiu
Hi Sustainability Friends!!! My predecessor (Dr Claire Morgan) had handed over an enormous project around the Eyefficiency tool. It is a quality improvement tool for cataract surgery; to implement…
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We're scaling up to carbon-neutral healthcare

Created on
28 Nov 2019
by
Admin *
The recent huge interest in climate change has created an unprecedented demand for our charity to help people to take action. We are excited to have more and more nurses and doctors contacting us…
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Embedding Sustainability in the Medical Academy at Gothenburg University, Sweden

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14 Nov 2019
by
Ingeborg Steinbach
Three of the CSH team had the great pleasure to take part in the sustainable week of action at the Sahlgrenska Academy, the medical faculty of Gothenburg University last week. We kicked off the week…
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Sustainable Ophthalmology Scholarship in Wales - first Diary Entry

Created on
25 Oct 2019
by
Alexander Chiu
Hi Sustainability Friends!!! I am Dr Alexander Chiu, ST6 trainee in Wales Deanery. I am proud and excited to be chosen to be the first Sustainable Ophthalmology Scholar in Wales. I started this…