EyeHealth Susnet is a place for eye specialists and those interested in eye healthcare to share ideas and resources on sustainable eye care. The network is supported in 2017 and 2018 by Bausch + Lomb.

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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

NHS Employers Sustainable Health and Care Campaign

For your interest please find below an upcoming NHS sustainability campaign, which has been brought to our attention at The Royal College of O

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

Paper highlighting environmental footprint of efficient cataract surgical model

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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

Funding available for eye care projects

The next round of funding for eye care projects from the Ulverscroft Foundation is the 15th December.

Where do your optometry and ophthalmology instruments come from?

Have you ever thought about the ethical and environmental impacts of eye health procurement?

We need your help - please vote for CSH's 'Walk on the Wildside' project.

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare needs your help to win funding for our new project.

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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Creating a sustainability toolkit for eye healthcare

CSH has been awarded a Seeing is Believing Innovation Fund grant of $50,000 to develop a tool to measure The Triple Bottom Line for Community Catar

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

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.

World's Ageing Population Increasing Prevalence of Blindness and Visual Impairment

A systematic review and meta-analysis, published in the Lancet Global Health highlights important priority areas for sustianable global eye health

Green Nurse Network launched

Today CSH has launched the Green Nurse Network in collaboration with the Royal College of Nursing, the Faculty of Heath & Human Sciences at Ply

Remediating hospital paper cup wastage - challenges and recommendations.

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

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

Preventive Medicine for the Planet and Its Peoples - an interesting opinion piece from the New England Journal

Interesting article introducing the theme of climate change and health and highlighting the important advocacy role of health professionals

May, 2017

LET'S TALK HEALTH AND CLIMATE: COMMUNICATION GUIDANCE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Quite a good basic guide on communicating about climate change and health

May, 2017

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Preventive Medicine for the Planet and Its Peoples - an interesting opinion piece from the New England Journal

Interesting article introducing the theme of climate change and health and highlighting the important advocacy role of health professionals

May, 2017

LET'S TALK HEALTH AND CLIMATE: COMMUNICATION GUIDANCE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Quite a good basic guide on communicating about climate change and health

May, 2017

The Carbon Footprint of Cataract Surgery

Determining the carbon footprint of specific health care activities such as cataract surgery allows the assessment of associated emissions and identifies opportunities for reduction.

December, 2016

Sustainability in Ophthamology - Royal College of Ophthalmologists

Global resources are finite; as this becomes more apparent the concept of sustainability in healthcare is becoming more important.

December, 2016

SAP - sustainable action planning resources for clinical teams

SAP is a programme to support clinical teams in taking action for sustainability. Structured around two facilitated workshops, SAP helps front-line staff to learn about sustainable healthcare, focus in on their priorities and put together a green action plan. The action plan can then

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

February, 2010