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, 2018 and 2019 by Bausch + Lomb.

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CFMS HEART: NATIONAL REPORT ON PLANETARY HEALTH EDUCATION 2021

The Canadian Federation of Medical Students Health and Environment Adaptive Reponse Task Force recently released this report:

Climate Change Urgency and Action webinar series

The Intensive Care Society has a fantastic lineup of speakers for a weekly lunchtime (one hour) webinar series called Climate Change Urgency and Ac

CSH is hiring! Specialities Lead & Networks Coordinator

We are creating two new roles in my team at CSH - if you would like to help us work with clinical specialties and/or develop our online networks, please get in touch!

Sustainable Healthcare Reading List

Hi all, I work in the sustainability team for my Trust and I'm collaborating with our libraries to curate a sustainable healthcare reading list for

New Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare elearning programme

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare has partnered with Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh)(link is external) to develop elearning resources designed to equip healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills they need to deliver healthcare that is financially, socially, and environmentally sustainable.

Call to Action for Environmentally Sustainable Practices in the Eye Health Sector

In celebration of #EarthDay2021, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) has declared a #ClimateEmergency and released a

Case study: Keeping patients awake and safe for cataract surgery

This project, which came about as part of CSH's Green Ward Competition held at Barts Health in 2019, reduced the unnecessary listing of patients for general anaesthetic in cataract surgery, saving time, money and carbon.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare & Barts Health NHS Trust

February, 2021

My role as W.I.S.E. Sustainability Fellow in Ophthalmology

Environment and climate change have been areas I’ve been passionate about for a while, and I have made changes in my personal life to decrease my o

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.

Highlights:

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

Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare goes international!

Our first Introduction course was by attended remotely by health professionals from across the UK, Australia and Canada.

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

"Covid Crisis"....aka......Climate Change and General/Eye Healthcare!

We all want to "restart" elective care as soon as is safely possible in this Covid Crisis, and in some areas post-Covid era......

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

Sustainability Diary March

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Sustainability Diary January

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We're scaling up to carbon-neutral healthcare

The recent huge interest in climate change has created an unprecedented demand for our charity to help people to take action.

Sustainability in Global Eye Health Programmes

Embedding Sustainability in the Medical Academy at Gothenburg University, Sweden

Three of the CSH team had the great pleasure to take part in the sustainable week of action at the Sahlgrenska Academy, the medical faculty of Goth

Sustainability in QI - the time has come!

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

Sustainability in Quality Improvement learning resources

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.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

March, 2017

Browse this Networks's Resources in the Resource Library

Case study: Keeping patients awake and safe for cataract surgery

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare & Barts Health NHS Trust

February, 2021

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.

Highlights:

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

May, 2020

Health Care’s Climate Footprint Report HCWH / ARUP

Health Care’s Climate Footprint: How the Health Sector Contributes to the Global Climate Crisis and Opportunities for Action.

September, 2019

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

CFMS HEART: NATIONAL REPORT ON PLANETARY HEALTH EDUCATION 2021

The Canadian Federation of Medical Students Health and Environment Adaptive Reponse Task Force recently released this report:

Climate Change Urgency and Action webinar series

The Intensive Care Society has a fantastic lineup of speakers for a weekly lunchtime (one hour) webinar series called Climate Change Urgency and Ac

CSH is hiring! Specialities Lead & Networks Coordinator

We are creating two new roles in my team at CSH - if you would like to help us work with clinical specialties and/or develop our online networks, please get in touch!

Sustainable Healthcare Reading List

Hi all, I work in the sustainability team for my Trust and I'm collaborating with our libraries to curate a sustainable healthcare reading list for

New Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare elearning programme

Call to Action for Environmentally Sustainable Practices in the Eye Health Sector

In celebration of #EarthDay2021, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) has declared a #ClimateEmergency and released a

My role as W.I.S.E. Sustainability Fellow in Ophthalmology

Environment and climate change have been areas I’ve been passionate about for a while, and I have made changes in my personal life to decrease my o

Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare goes international!

Our first Introduction course was by attended remotely by health professionals from across the UK, Australia and Canada.

"Covid Crisis"....aka......Climate Change and General/Eye Healthcare!

We all want to "restart" elective care as soon as is safely possible in this Covid Crisis, and in some areas post-Covid era......

Sustainability Diary March

Hi Sustainability Friends!!!

Vision UK is looking to...

Vision UK is looking to celebrate NHS Sustainability Day (21st March) with a questionnaire to members about Sustainability. Ideally we need a really straightforward 10 questions. Any suggestions ?

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