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Greener Practice Guide to Inhaler Prescribing

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Resource created Mon, 2021-11-29 17:58 by Frances Mortimer Featured resource

Greener Practice, with review and endorsement by the NHS England and NHS Improvement Inhaler Working Group, Asthma UK, and the British Lung Foundation, have produced this comprehensive and excellent guide,

Greener Practice
November, 2021
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ICS webinar series on climate change - last epidsode 19 October

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Post created Sat, 2021-10-16 13:26 in the Critical Care Susnet network by Heather Baid Featured post

The Intensive Care Society has been hosting a fantastic lunchtime webinar series on climate change in the lead up to COP26.  The last episode

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The Carbon Footprint of a Renal Service in the United Kingdom

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Resource created Mon, 2021-10-11 11:05 in the Sustainable Kidney Care network by Colette Mead Featured resource

An article by Andrew Connor, Robert Lillywhite and Matthew Cooke (2010) using component analysis to analyse the carbon footprint of a renal service.

QJM
October, 2021
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Green Nephrology case studies

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Resource created Fri, 2021-09-24 15:46 in the Sustainable Kidney Care network by Colette Mead Featured resource

Case studies in Green Nephrology can be found on the Mapping Greener Healthcare site, using the link below. Projects to date range from waste reduction in haemodialysis to telephone and video clinics.

September, 2021
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Remote Consultations: Do they reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Your Guide to calculating the Answer

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Resource created Fri, 2021-09-03 15:14 by Rosie Hillson Featured resource

This guide and carbon calculator have been developed by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare in collaboration with PD Transformation and funded through Q by the Health Foundation and NHS England and NHS Improvement.

September, 2021
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Greener Practice website

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Resource created Mon, 2020-06-15 07:46 in the Sustainable Primary Care network by Frances Mortimer Featured resource

A resource created by a group of GPs, medical students and others to engage the primary care community towards Greener Practice: actions that improve the health of both people and planet.

June, 2020
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Green Nephrology review article

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Resource created Wed, 2020-02-26 18:02 in the Sustainable Kidney Care network by Frances Mortimer Featured resource

John Agar and Katherine Barraclough have produced a fantastic review looking at the impacts of environmental change on kidney health as well as the environmental damage caused by kidney services (especially dialysis) and strategies to mitigate this. 

Nature Reviews Nephrology
February, 2020
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New GP contract incentivises lower carbon inhalers

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Post created Thu, 2020-02-13 20:52 by Frances Mortimer Featured post

The new GP contract published last week includes a new incentive to encourage lower carbon inhalers.

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BDJ Sustainable Dentistry section

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Resource created Wed, 2019-10-09 07:07 in the Dental Susnet network by Frances Mortimer Featured resource

This collection of papers from the British Dental Journalexplores how dentistry can be carried out more sustainably and covers topics including procurement, climate change, waste disposal, energy use and biodiversity.

British Dental Journal
May, 2019
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RCGP Green Impact for Health toolkit

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Resource created Fri, 2019-10-04 22:12 in the Sustainable Primary Care network by Frances Mortimer Featured resource

A toolkit to help general practices improve their sustainability and environmental impact, and reduce their practice expenses.

RCGP and SOS
October, 2014
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Green Inhaler website

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Resource created Mon, 2019-09-16 10:19 by Frances Mortimer Featured resource

This patient- and clinician-facing website gives guidance on choosing inhalers with lower environmental impact - something which is now included in the BTS asthma guidelines.

Dr Alex Wilkinson
September, 2019
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New BTS asthma guidelines encourage use of low-GWP inhalers

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Resource created Wed, 2019-07-31 16:36 by Frances Mortimer Featured resource

Section 8.6 of the new BTS/SIGN Guideline for the management of asthma highlights the environmental impact of metered dose inhalers (pMDI) and recommends that inhalers with low global-warming potential (GWP) should be used when likely to be equally effective.

British Thoracic Society
July, 2019
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Asthma UK inhaler videos

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Resource created Thu, 2019-07-18 10:58 by Frances Mortimer Featured resource

Are you confident in teaching patients how to use their inhalers? The first step in improving environmental sustainability of inhaler use is to ensure that people use the correct technique to get the drug to where it is needed. 

Asthma UK
July, 2019
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Teaching and learning of sustainable healthcare in the medical education curriculum

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Resource created Thu, 2019-06-27 13:40 in the Education for Sustainable Healthcare network by Stefi Barna Featured resource

Congratulations and thanks to SanYuMay for this extremely helpful article summarising current knowledge on how sustainable healthcare can be incorporated into the medical curriculum.

Free downloads are available via the green PDF button on the link below.

Medical Teacher
June, 2019
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Green Impact for Dentists

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Resource created Thu, 2019-04-25 11:59 in the Dental Susnet network by Anonymous (not verified) Featured resource

Green Impact is a sustainability accreditation scheme with an audit and awards element designed specifically for dental practices. It’s an international programme, recognised by UNESCO as a global laureate for education for sustainable development.

March, 2019
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