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

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

Nordic Know-How: Nitrous Oxide Destruction

The theme of this first report in the Nordic Know-How series is nitrous oxide destruction. Nitrous oxide substantially contributes to the climate footprint of the healthcare sector. This report provides good examples on how to reduce emissions of nitrous oxide in hospitals.

Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare

March, 2020

Help with projects to repurpose unused kit or non recyclables

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Plastics in Healthcare: Time for a re-evaluation

Check out our article examining plastics in healthcare published today in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine- we found 101 pieces si

Recycling volatile anaesthetic agents - Association of Anaesthetists Innovation award winner 2020

For those of you that weren't at the Association of Anaesthetists Winter Scientific Meeting earlier this month, or haven't seen any of my posts on

Single use Chloraprep introduction opinions

Opportunity to write an e-learning module for sustainable anaesthesia

Keen to contribute to some e-learning resources on

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.

Environmental Fellow update

It’s so great to see enthusiasm building and I’m doing my best to respond to queries and suggestions that you have all raised so far. Here’s

Sustainable Ophthalmology Scholarship in Wales - first Diary Entry

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NEW Association of Anaesthetists Green Star Awards

What a whirlwind couple of months it has been! There seems to be a real appetite for sustainable anaesthesia now which is great to see.

New Anaesthetists Environmental Champions Network

Environmental champions are being sought for every anaesthetic department in the UK and Ireland.

Interview with Chantelle Rizan: a surgeon raising the profile of research in Sustainability in Surgery

Hi, in what I hope will be the first in an occasional series of interviews(!), I recently had the opportunity to ask Chantelle Rizan about her rese

Update from our first W.I.S.E. Sustainability Scholar in Ophthalmology

Clare Morgan is CSH's first W.I.S.E.

Support from the Royal College of Surgeons of England for Sustainable Surgery PhD

We are delighted that our CSH Sustainable Surgery Fellow,

We need to talk about Des...

I thought members of the network may be interested in hearing about our work at Raigmore Hospital, where we managed to reduce our carbon emissions

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

Senior Clinical Auditor, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

We are just starting to try and introduce and rationalise waste recycling into theatres (the trust does not recycle anything!). If anyone els

Doctors call for nonviolent direct action over climate crisis

"More than 1,000 doctors including 40 professors, several eminent public health figures and past presidents of royal colleges are calling for wides

'Eyefficiency' has successfully undergone 2 rounds of beta-testing!

As reported a year ago, CSH has been awarded another Seeing is Believing Innovation Fund* grant for the second phase of developing with its partner

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Greener AHP Hub

The Greener AHP Hub is a resource for Allied Health Professionals. It provides information and clear actionable steps which AHPs can take to improve their own environmental sustainability. The hub complements the

NHS England

October, 2021

Remote Consultations: Do they reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Your Guide to calculating the Answer

This guide and carbon calculator have been developed by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare in collaboration with PD Transformation and funded through Q by the Health Foundation and NHS England and NHS Improvement.

September, 2021

The Nitrous Oxide Project

This project was started by Alifia Chakera, with support from CSH Fellows Chris Allen and Amarantha Fennell-Wells and The Association of Anaesthetists Environmental Champions. Following investigations by

August, 2021

ELHT 1st Green Newsletter

Hi all,

Thought I would share our first Green Newsletter with everyone to inspire each other to do similar projects as well as potential future collaboration!

Many thanks.

jason

April, 2021

Launch Recording: The Nitrous Oxide Project

We are very pleased with the progress being made on anaesthetic nitrous oxide mitigation happening across the UK, ROI and internationally.

August, 2021

Journal article summary - The carbon footprint of general anaesthetics: A case study in the UK

The carbon footprint of general anaesthetics: A case study in the UK

Xiaocheng Hu, JM Tom Pierce, Tim Taylor, Karyn Morrissey

Resources, Conservation & Recycling 167 (2021) 105411

April, 2021

Welsh Environmental Anaesthetic Network Project Drawdown resources

In 2019, the Welsh Environmental Anaesthetic Network (WEAN) launched "Project Drawdown" to encourage environmentally conscious anaesthetic practice in 8 hospitals around Wales, achieving an average reduction of 71% in carbon footprint from anaesthetic gases in the first year.

Welsh Environmental Anaesthetic Network

March, 2021

Case study: pioneering early mobilisation in a cardiac intensive care unit

Early mobilisation after open heart surgery reduced ventilation days by a mean of 4 days and reduced cardiac intensive care stay by a mean of 6 days.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

February, 2021

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

Review article: Environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and critical care

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 125 (5): 680e692 (2020)
Forbes McGain, Jane Muret, Cathy Lawson and Jodi D. Sherman

Key points:

British Journal of Anaesthesia

August, 2020

Introducing team 5 of the Green Surgery Challenge

We are pleased to introduce the team from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust who will be joining

Introducing Team 4 of the Green Surgery Challenge

We are pleased to introduce the team from Wrexham Maelor and Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospitals, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in North Wales, who

Greener AHP Hub launched

Yesterday saw the launch of the Greener AHP Hub. This was

URGENT - COP26

I wanted to say Hello! I'm Hayley Pinto - I have just joined CSH as the new Education and Training lead.

Introducing Team 3 of the Green Surgery Challenge

We are pleased to introduce the team from University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust who will be joining the

Greener Theatres Sharing Hour

Hello all,

I'm Jason Gandhi, the current environmentally sustainable anaesthetic fellow.

Introducing team 2 of the Green Surgery Challenge

We are pleased to introduce the team from Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust NHS Trust who will be joining the Green Surgery Challenge Judging and Awards Ceremony November 4th as one of the finalists.

Introducing Team 1 of the Green Surgery Challenge

We are pleased to introduce the team at Derriford Hospital, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust who will be joining the Green Surgery Challenge Judging and Awards Ceremony November 4th as one of the finalists.

GASP CoN21 - Sustainable Surgery Conference - FREE

Check out this FREE conference!

See the listing in the events section for more details.

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:

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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.

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