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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Calling all Q members (Health Foundation) with a passion for sustainability

Calling all sustainability friends… are you a Q member (Health Foundation)?

CSH sustainability school

A quick reminder that CSH has its Sustainability School coming up soon!

Sustainable Health and Care Awards - could you enter?

Do you know of an example of an excellent, green or resource-efficient clinical care model with inspiring social impacts?

World Ophthalmology Congress 2018: Masterclass in Environmental Sustainability

Presentations at the Masterclass in Environmental Sustainability - World Ophthalmology Congress 2018

The presenters of the Masterclass in Environmental Sustainability at the World Ophthalmology Congress 2018 in Barcelona have given permission to share their presentations, they can be accessed below.

July, 2018

Sustainable Ophthalmic pathways - Cataract

A great new resource has been put together by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists on Sustainable Cataract surgery Pathways.

‘Eyefficiency’, the sustainability toolkit for catarct surgery, is entering its next phase!

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

Sustainability in QI - the time has come!

Health systems are in constant need of improvement - and in some cases total redesign.

Sign up to the CSH newsletter

We are going to be sending out a CSH newsletter next week..

Sustainable Ophthalmology Prize 2018 - kindly sponsored by Bausch & Lomb

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Sustainable Ophthalmology prize has been awarded for the third time.

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

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Presentations at the Masterclass in Environmental Sustainability - World Ophthalmology Congress 2018

The presenters of the Masterclass in Environmental Sustainability at the World Ophthalmology Congress 2018 in Barcelona have given permission to share their presentations, they can be accessed below.

July, 2018

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

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