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

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Australia and New Zealand are catching up

Dear UK friends

Sustainability in QI - the time has come!

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

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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

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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

Acid concentrates leftovers ...

Hi everybody,

Possible plastic savings in dialysis ... ?

In the light of the current focus on plastic reduction, this looks interesting ...

National Kidney Federation - Kidney Life Editor

Just thought I'd share this the patient based charity, the National Kidney Federation is looking for a new publications editor

CSH launches Sustainability Series: Kidney Care Month

In celebration of our 10th birthday, we have launched the

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

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.

Dr.

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

New 'Active 10' app from PHE to get adults active

Nearly 1 in 4 people in England are classified as ‘inactive’, doing under 30 minutes of physical activity a week, and face the greatest risks to he

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.

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

Green Nurse Network coming soon

It's about time CSH had a sustainable nursing network don't you think? Well, later this month the Green Nurse Network wil

Retrofit of heat exchangers to haemodialysis machines

Renal technicians at the Maidstone dialysis unit have investigated the potential costs and benefits of retro-fitting heat exchangers to their existing Braun Dialog+ haemodialysis machines.

Green Nephrology Programme

December, 2009

Green Nephrology Programme 2009-10 Summary Report

Green Nephrology Programme

November, 2010

Green Nephrology Summit 2010 Report

View Summit Report online

Green Nephrology Programme

September, 2010

Green Nephrology Summit 2009 Minutes

The first Green Nephrology Summit took place on 25 February 2009.

Green Nephrology Programme

January, 2009

Green Nephrology case study template

Green Nephrology Programme

May, 2010

Green Nephrology Green Stars Guide

The Green Stars Initiative provides a mechanism by which renal teams can demonstrate their achievements against a set of national criteria. There is more information about the scheme on the link above.

Green Nephrology Programme

August, 2010

10:10 Renal Checklist

Tick off 10 actions to cut CO2 on your kidney unit... Downloadable as colour poster (pre-printed A3 posters available from CSH on request).

10:10 Campaign

December, 2009

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

Green Nephrology guide for Local Representatives

This guide is intended to help Green Nephrology Local Representatives, and others, get started in greening their renal unit.

Green Nephrology Programme

June, 2010

Green Nephrology case studies

Case studies in Green Nephrology are indexed from the Mapping Greener Healthcare site at this address. Projects to date range from waste reduction in haemodialysis to telephone and video clinics.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

April, 2010

Browse this Networks's Resources in the Resource Library

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

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

The carbon footprints of home and in-center peritoneal dialysis in China

Chen, M., Zhou, R., Du, C. et al. Int Urol Nephrol (2016). doi:10.1007/s11255-016-1418-5

This study aimed to determine the carbon footprints of peritoneal dialysis (PD) with the different modalities and treatment regimes.

Chen, M. et al

November, 2016

Eco-dialysis: the financial and ecological costs of dialysis waste products: is a ‘cradle-to-cradle’ model feasible for planet-friendly haemodialysis waste management?

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. (2015) 30 (6): 1018-1027.

Approximately 2 million chronic haemodialysis patients produce over 2 000 000 tons of waste per year that includes about 600 000 tons of potentially hazardous waste.

Piccoli G. et al, NDT

March, 2015

Climate Change and the Emergent Epidemic of CKD from Heat Stress in Rural Communities: The Case for Heat Stress Nephropathy

Article published last week in CJASN: "Heat stress nephropathy may represent one of the first epidemics due to global warming."

ABSTRACT:

Glaser, J. et al, CJASN

May, 2016

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

Case study: dry powder concentrate and disinfection protocol

The dialysis unit in Central Manchester has reduced delivery miles by 75% (saving 8.3 tonnes CO2e) by switching to dry powder concentrate for haemodialysis. Discontinuing morning disinfection cycles has saved on energy and water use.

Sustainable Development Unit, NHS England

June, 2015

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.

JOB OPPORTUNITY: CSH Education Lead for Quality Improvement

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is recruiting to a new full-time, permanent position based at least two days per week in our office in Oxford. Application deadline 10 February.