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

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

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

SHARE conference - 7 May 2021 online

Sustainable Healthcare Academic Research and Enterprise

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

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.

Life-cycle analysis of HD in Newcastle Hospitals

What is the true, lifecycle environmental impact of HD

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

Opportunity for an AHP Sustainability Volunteer at CSH

A position is available for an AHP Sustainability Volunteer at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.

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

AHP Sustainability Survey: Deadline Extended Until 31st July

NHS Improvement's AHP Sustainability Survey has 11 questions and should take about 5-15 minutes to complete:

AHP Sustainability Survey: Four Days Left

NHS Improvement's AHP Sustainability Survey is designed to help understand how Allied Health Professionals are addressing sustainability issue

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

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 Survey of Local Representatives 2010

Results from the 2010 local Green Nephrology representatives survey: In full (although comments have been summarised) and as a single page summary for circulation and display. Also a ppt. file to use as you wish.

They represent the first full year of the programme. In summary:

Green Nephrology Programme

February, 2011

Not wasted - kidney patient Andy Williamson speaks at 2010 Summit

Green Nephrology Programme, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

October, 2010

Royal College of Physicians Clinical Fellow

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Choosing Wisely

A recent report from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, after consultatio

US nursing union's support for action on climate change and health

I have just learned that the US nursing union, National Nurses United (NNU), 2015 Resolution Booklet includes a section on 'Environmental & Cli

Royal College of Physicians looking for Clinical Lead: Sustainability (part time)

Exciting developments at the RCP - and an exciting opportunity for a consultant physician...

UK health services unprepared for climate change, warns major new health alliance

UK health services are currently unprepared for the risks posed by climate change, warns a major new health alliance launching today.

Health sector hits first target in combating climate change - SDU report

The health sector is over the first hurdle in the race to reach carbon reduction targets and help limit the effects of climate change.

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Campaign for equity of tariffs for remote consultations

This is just a short brief to let you know about the ongoing work the UK Green Nephrology group has been undertaking on tariffs for remote clinic consultations.

Many renal units operate over wide geographical areas, providing specialist services for populations far beyond their own hospital’s immediate catchment area. Intuitively, for such a results-driven specialty, the concept of remote clinic consultations – either by phone or video-link - ticks many boxes in the sustainability agenda whilst also carrying the potential to deliver care close to home without the associated carbon impact of staff travel...

Project update: Green Guide for renal units

The Green Nephrology Advisory Group recently voted on the top two projects to take forward in 2015-16. One of the two chosen was the development of a "Green Guide" for new facilities.