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How-to-Guide: Setting up a green space walking group for inpatients in mental health units

CSH is very pleased to announce that we received funding from the Network for Social Change (N4SC) for a project which, over the next year, will de

WFOT Launches Guiding Principles for Sustainability in Occupational Therapy

Last week saw the launch of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists publication ‘Sustainability Matters: Guiding Principles for Sustainabil

Call for submissions: heatwaves (adapting to climate change) select committee inquiry

The House of Commons Select Committee for the environment, the Environmental Audit Committee, is calling for evidence as part of its heatwave enqui

Urban Living Partnership- end of project showcase

Five cities across England have worked over the last 18 months to develop groundbreaking initiatives to help cities realise a vision of healthy, pr

Sustainability Series: Sustainable mental health guides

Making mental healthcare more environmentally sustainable sounds great- but how to do it?

Sustainability Series: Green Space and Health

In celebration of our 10th birthday, we have launched the

Summary of Climate and health session - All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change

This was a very research-rich event which clearly put climate change on the health 'to-do' list. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate

The Adult Health and Social Care Crisis - Green Infrastructure as Part of the Solution

I was asked to contribute a health-related article for a special Green Infrastructure themed edition of Town and Country Planning, the journal of t

Institutional Rhythms: Ideas and Opportunities for energy and mobility demand in the NHS.

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National Institute of Health and Care Excellence Surveying its Environmental Impact

As a proof of concept project, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is exploring its guidance's environmental impact.

CSH event on innovation and sustainability

On the 26th July 2017, the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) hosted a Centre for Sustainable Healthcare event on sustainability and innovati

New 'Active 10' app from PHE to get adults active

Nearly 1 in 4 people in England are classified as ‘inactive’, doing under 30 minutes of physical activity a week, and face the greatest risks to he

Making Sense of Social Prescription

The University of Westminster has published an excellent explanatory document on social prescription. It's a fantastic end to end resource with explanations of terminology, structures, different types of social prescription, and referral examples.

August, 2017

The Impact of Paper Procurement in the NHS.

The NHS has committed to reduce its carbon footprint but, aside from ensuring that legislative targets are reached, the benefits of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions are well documented. Yet the NHS faces increasing financial and service pressures; meaning that ‘green’ working is not always at the forefront of consideration. Many NHS organisations in England procure paper through the NHS Supply Chain Core Stationary list, which only contains paper produced from virgin (non-recycled) sources. As such, out of the 3.6 million reams of paper procured through NHS Supply Chain, only 29,000 were produced from recycled sources.

Remediating hospital paper cup wastage - challenges and recommendations.

Remediating paper cup wastage in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford – A summary

New MSc Sustainability, Health and Wellbeing delivered by e-learning

This unique master’s course, from one of the UK's largest universities, has been directly tailored to address the urgent need to confront sustainab

Best practice in commissioning green prescriptions

The Ecosystems Knowledge Network ran a thought-provoking one-day training course covering the design and implementation of green-prescribing.

Innovation and Sustainability - how to make it happen - 26th July event

On the 26th July 2017 the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and the Royal College of Psychiatrists will be hosting an event, “Innovation and Sustai

Best practice in commissioning green prescriptions - join the training course!

The Ecosystems Knowledge Network are running a one-day training course on 7th June 2017, 10:00 - 16:30, to help professionals working in the health

Work experience opportunity with Centre for Sustainable Healthcare: Reminder

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is looking for a dynamic, creative and analytical Research and Communications Officer (volunteer position)&nb

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The carbon footprint of waste streams in a UK hospital

This article by CSH's Sustainable Surgery Fellow, Chantelle Rizan, and co-authors, provides greenhouse gas emission factors for the different healthcare waste streams in the UK.

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Journal of Cleaner Production

December, 2020

Environmental impact of PPE in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic

Article: Environmental impact of Personal Protective Equipment supplied to health and social care services in England in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chantelle Rizan, Malcolm Reed, Mahmood F Bhutta

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

December, 2020

The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

Background: Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats to human health.

July, 2020

Recording: National Allied Health Professions Sustainability Webinar

This is a recording of the AHP Sustainability webinar from June 18th 2020, part of the National Allied Health Professions fornightly webinar series.

June, 2020

Utilizing off-the-shelf LCA methods to develop a ‘triple bottom line’ auditing tool for global cataract surgical services

The cataract surgery audit tool ‘Eyefficiency’ was designed to identify opportunities for sites to minimize the footprint of cataract surgical services and to increase access to cataract surgery for patients worldwide.

May, 2020

Prescribing Movement resource

This toolkit gives you everything you need for a 1 minute, 5 minute and even more minute conversation, complete with step-by-step guides, behavioural change insights and all the evidence to back it up.

Moving Medicine

January, 2020

How to … provide tasty, healthy and environmentally friendly hospital meals

A guide for hospital trusts' hotel services, procurement teams and caterers to provide more sustainable food.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

October, 2009

Triple Bottom Line Analysis of Eye Motility Services at Moorfields Eye Hospital and its Satellite Clinics

The study analyses the impact of service provision at different locations on health outcomes, cost of service, carbon emissions and patients and their families.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

June, 2018

Making Sense of Social Prescription

August, 2017

Too much medicine: insights and explanations from economic theory and research

I hope this might be interesting to some members, this article reports on work we have been doing to look at overuse in health care as a form of overconsumption, and examines health care overuse from the perspectives of ecological economics and sustainable consumption (amongst other economic pers

January, 2017

We're hiring! QI Education Fellow 2021-22

CSH is seeking to appoint a qualified health professional to an Education Fellowship, working on a project to support the inclusion of sustainability in quality improvement education for undergraduate medical students, postgraduate doctors and other health professionals.

SHARE conference - 7 May 2021 online

Sustainable Healthcare Academic Research and Enterprise

SHARE conference - 7 May 2021 online

Sustainable Healthcare Academic Research and Enterprise

Behavioural change interventions to increase active travel

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Help needed - Greener respiratory care ideas

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Upcoming free event - Remote Consultations: What’s their role in Sustainable Healthcare?

Join us & our inspiring speakers to consider the role of remote consultations and care as part of a sustainable healthcare service and whether

Passivhaus health centre - presentation

The UK Passivhaus Trust conference is taking place over the next four Wednesday afternoons.

Last days to sign up to our Carbon Footprinting for Healthcare Course

This training course will help health professionals, quality improvement leads and medical students to become carbon literate.

Sustainability in Quality Improvement: 2 days left to sign up

This is an intensive course to introduce health professionals and educators to the concept of ‘sustainable value’ and the ‘SusQI’ frame

Three days left to apply for Sustainability Volunteer positions

The closing date for applications for three Sustainblity Volunteer positions at CSH is this Monday 14th September at 9am

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MH Service Sustainability Review Framework

This framework has been developed as a practical tool for service development or commissioning of sustainable mental health services.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Sustainability has been recognised as a domain of quality in healthcare, and building it into quality improvement (QI) is a practical way to drive incremental change towards a more ethical, sustainable health system.

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