Bringing together patients, clinicians, renal technicians and others to share ideas for sustainable kidney care.

Green Nephrology case studies

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

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.

Expressions of interest invited for UK Sustainable Kidney Care Committee

The renal multi-professional healthcare and patient community are invited to contribute to the UK Kidney Association’s new Sustainable Kidney Care

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

Life-cycle analysis of HD in Newcastle Hospitals

What is the true, lifecycle environmental impact of HD

Invitation for Doctors working in Europe to complete Survey

Students from the University of Amsterdam would like to hear from you regarding COVID-19 induced e-health implementation and its contrib

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

'Upcycling' dialysis filters?

I hadn't realised that discarded kidney dialysis filters are being repurposed to make pure water in some places in Africa, Asia and Latin Amer

Green Nephrology review article

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

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

Kidney patient leaflet re-published

Great to see that the NKF has re-issued their patient information leaflet on Green Nephrology, which we worked on with them a few years back.

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.

Reflections on training with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

Hello! Me and a couple of colleagues from the Kidney Quality Improvement Partnership (KQuIP) went to the CSH sustainable QI training day last month.

Green Nephrology review article

Nature Reviews Nephrology

February, 2020

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

Sustainable Specialties video - the Greening of Nephrology

A short video introducing the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare's work in supporting clinical specialties to improve sustainability. This video focuses on initiatives in kidney care, where the approach was first pioneered.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

September, 2013

CSH Publications list

Published reports and articles by CSH and CSH staff, including a number of articles on aspects of Green Nephrology.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

September, 2014

About the Green Nephrology Network

What will kidney care look like in 10 or 15 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS?

Sustainable action planning in Royal Cornwall Hospital Renal Unit

Using the Sustainable Action Planning tools, the team at the Renal Unit quickly identified carbon reduction opportunities, prioritised them, and moved into action. By the end of the first year they achieved:

Royal Cornwall Hospital Renal Unit

December, 2010

Green Nephrology: A Model For Clinical Leadership (poster)

Poster presented at the British Renal Society/ Renal Association 2001. Sustainability is an effective motivator for staff and patients to engage in service improvement, and has been described as the seventh dimension of quality in healthcare.

Green Nephrology Programme

May, 2011

Reduce, reuse, recycle in the dialysis unit

Background

Green Nephrology Programme

March, 2010

Telephone clinics in the follow up of renal transplant recipients

The renal unit at the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire has been successfully running a twice-monthly telephone clinic to provide follow up to these patients since 2006. Annual carbon savings have been estimated at approximately 2000 kgCO2 equivalents.

Green Nephrology Programme

December, 2009

Browse this Networks's Resources in the Resource Library

Green Nephrology case studies

September, 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

Green Nephrology review article

Nature Reviews Nephrology

February, 2020

Prescribing Movement resource

Moving Medicine

January, 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

Outpatients: the future – adding value through sustainability

The Royal College of Physicians published a new report 'Outpatients: the future – adding value through sustainability' which seeks to re-evaluate the purpose of outpatient care and align those objectives with modern-day living and expectations.

November, 2018

RCP video on NHS environmental impact

Short animation to raise awareness of the NHS contribution to environmental issues such as climate change and air pollution, and encourage health professionals to look for environmentally friendly ways to practise.

Royal College of Physicians

September, 2018

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!