A round-up of climate and health news (research, reports, events, jobs) that caught my eye this month. Please do sign up for future emails and/or share it. This month's edition includes:- a policyโฆ
According to Asthma and Lung UK, every September, thereโs a rise in the number of children in the UK who go to hospital because of asthma attacks.Some children get out of routine during the summerโฆ
HiI'm interested in what re-useable PPE solutions exist and are working today in nuclear medicine and radiology, and meet current IPC and radiation protection guidelines. Does your centre have aโฆ
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I am interested to find out whether any units collect data regarding the number of patients who receive a blood transfusion whilst on dialysis in order to correct or maintain haemoglobin targets as weโฆ
Problem spaceWhat we prescribe saves lives, but how we prescribe damages the planet. Healthcare accounts for approximately 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and across health systemsโฆ
The hospital trust I work for has recently announced plans to widely implement AI ambient voice technology (AVT). Many of us have concerns from a clinical, educational and data governance perspective,โฆ
A recent paper (Jia et al. European Radiology (2026) 36:2186โ2197, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-025-12023-z) looks at the emissions caused by medical imaging data storage. Although data storage isโฆ
Here are a couple of useful resources for benchmarking carbon emissions. The Lancet has recently published Lancet MedZero which promises to be a very useful website. Its focus is not currentlyโฆ
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