A Network for everyone interested in improving the environmental sustainability of operating theatres.

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

BSUH shortlisted for Nursing Times Awards

Institutional Rhythms: Ideas and Opportunities for energy and mobility demand in the NHS.

Dr.

Creating a sustainability toolkit for eye healthcare

CSH has been awarded a Seeing is Believing Innovation Fund grant of $50,000 to develop a tool to measure The Triple Bottom Line for Community Catar

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

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

Scrub Sink Taps

Hi All, OK - so I think this writes itself, but please bear with me.

Remediating hospital paper cup wastage - challenges and recommendations.

Remediating paper cup wastage in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford – A summary

Innovation and Sustainability - how to make it happen - 26th July event

On the 26th July 2017 the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and the Royal College of Psychiatrists will be hosting an event, “Innovation and Sustai

Upcoming event helping professionals in sustainable healthcare meet each other and share ideas

Hi everyone,

Work experience opportunity with Centre for Sustainable Healthcare: Reminder

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is looking for a dynamic, creative and analytical Research and Communications Officer (volunteer position)&nb

Harvard school of public health climate change and health podcasts

These 15/20 minute entry-level podcasts recorded in February 2017 look at what we know about the way in which climate change affects health and the

Naturally Healthy?

On 2nd March CSH and the Ecosystems Knowledge Network delivered a Valuing Nature Programme event to ensure that tools and methods are available to

Removing Plastic from the operating Theatre

NHS Trusts Save Money by Donating Reusable Waste

St Bart’s NHS Trust were the first Trust in the NHS to benefit from using Globechain, a new online “freecycle” platform.

National health organisations make their commitments to sustainable development

The Department of Health and eight major health organisations have stated their organisational commitments to deliver a socially and environmentall

Poster in JPEG format

Pre-filled atropine...

Pre-filled atropine syringes for use in emergency obstetric theatres- introduction at RUH, Bath.

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New to thinking about Sustainability in Operating Theatres? A couple of useful review articles (one short, one long)….

Environmentalism in surgical practice. Weiss, A et al. Current Problems in Surgery. April 2016; 53 (4): 165-205

April, 2016

Anaesthetic gas - monitoring practice and motivating change

I am an anaesthetist and recently visited the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare while on sabbatical. Thank you to Rachel and Frances for meeting with me. I have attached a copy of a behaviour change project i am undertaking in my anaesthetic department.

Matthew Jenks and OraTaiao (New Zealand Climate and Health Council)

June, 2018

Syringes and Sustainability: Planet, People, Profit

Sustainability in Ophthalmology

In Sustainability in Ophthalmology the Royal College of Ophthalmologists calls for leadership from the profession and the healthcare industry to develop best practice and integrate these into our service redesign. This is a position paper from the College, designed for Ophthalmologists, alli

Royal College of Ophthalmologists

April, 2013

Introducing recycling into the operating theatres (Oxford case study)

The Oxford University Hospitals Trust has reduced the amount of waste going to landfill or incineration by introducing recycling into the operating theatre setting. Previously all waste from clinical areas was disposed of via orange clinical waste bags.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

April, 2012

AAGBI environment pages

The AAGBI’s Anaesthesia and the environment section of their website.

AAGBI

Reducing the Environmental Impact of the Operating Theatre

This is a poster I presented to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Orlando, Florida in December 2010, following work I'd done in the day theatre suite of Jersey General Hospital.

Frank Swinton

November, 2010

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