As part of our practice’s work towards sustainable healthcare, we have been looking at useful resources to help our team understand sustainability, climate change and the links with health and…
Dear Network Colleagues,I am doing some research into environmental impact differences (amongst other outcomes) between manual and robotic arm orthopaedic surgery (partial/total knee and total hip).I…
Last week, members of the Healthy Air Coalition staged a protest in Parliament Square, calling on the government to write a new Clean Air Act. 98.7% of people in England live in areas exceeding WHO…
Hi I am trying to find solution that are sustainable for the Trendelenburg Patient Safety Positioning System. What do you use in your Hospital? Mine at the moment uses the Pink Pad. Thank you for your…
New Case Study on Reducing Nitrous Oxide Waste in Dental SettingsI wanted to share a short case study from UCLH on reducing nitrous oxide waste in dental care.The team at the Royal National ENT and…
Hi,We are currently having to cover all our instrument trays with costly (22p /each) bags to transport the used instruments from theatre to CSSD. This is a requirement outlined by CQC as we don’t have…
Hi, I recently had a carbon footprint calculated for my 5 surgery dental practice and had an action plan produced to help reduce the amount of CO2 we're responsible for. However, I don't have anything…
This is the theme for this year's clean air night, coming up on 22nd Jan.Did you know that wood burning is the most polluting way to heat your home - "For the same amount of heat or energy, burning…
If you are at the winter British Thoracic Society meeting next week, don't miss the joint BTS and BPRS (British Paediatric Respiratory Society) Symposium on 'Sustainable respiratory care for future…
I recently heard about this fantastic project, which won an innovation and best practice award at PrescQIPP, and the authors kindly agreed to me sharing it here. I really hope it can provide both…