Welcome to this network, for everyone interested in improving the environmental sustainability of operating theatres. The network is open equally to all professions including ODPs, theatre nurses, anaesthetists, surgeons and non-clinicians.

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Take a look at the Green Surgery Challenge and sustainable anaesthetics work too, and we regularly post information here on related courses and events.

Scottish Environmental Anaesthesia Group - 1st Newsletter

SEA-G was started a couple of years ago as an informal WhatsApp group of green-minded anaesthetists in Scotland.

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

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British Journal of Anaesthesia

August, 2020

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

ANZCA Webinar: Environmental Sustainability in Anaesthesia

A panel of experts explore environmental sustainability issues in anaesthesia practice and discuss the opportunities for research and innovation, such as collaborating with non-medical researchers, and trainee-led solutions to sustainable practice.

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

December, 2020

Nitrous Oxide and Entonox Manifold Waste Reduction: Free Lunch and Learn online seminar

Do you prescribe nitrous oxide? It's a vital medicine for many specialties within health care.

Green Endoscopy: a call for sustainability in the midst of COVID-19

Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology article introducing an overview of key challenges around sustainability in Endoscopy.

November, 2020

Patient information: Your anaesthetic and the environment

Information for patients on the environmental impact of anaesthesia.

"You may choose to use this information to ask your anaesthetist about your particular anaesthetic for your forthcoming procedure."

Royal College of Anaesthetists

October, 2020

Nitrous usage in new hospitals

Hi everyone,

I would be really keen to hear from anyone here who's had experience working in new-build hospitals recently.

Hello!

Hi all, I'm Chris, the new Fellow in sustainable anaesthesia, having recently taken over from the wonderful Cathy Lawson.

Welsh Environmental Anaesthesia Network (WEAN) newsletter

Amazing newsletter - loads of info and success stories from WEAN - and an invitation to their annual meeting on 21 October 2020.

Sustainable Surgery Survey

We would like to invite all surgeons and surgical trainees to complete a survey on the behaviours, attitudes and practice of surgeons towards envir

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

Royal College of Surgeons Bulletin Sustainability Issue

The Royal College of Surgeons of England have dedicated their July issue of Bulletin to sustainability.

Millions of Nurses Call The World To Action #HealthyRecovery

From the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, this a short video (see link below) which accompanies the

May, 2020

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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SusQI case study: The upper “hand” of sustainability: Reducing the carbon footprint in hand surgery

SusQI project completed in North Wales at Wrexham Maelor and Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospitals, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) as part of the Green Surgery Challenge, 26/04/2021

August, 2022

SusQI case study: Back to the Future: Bringing back “old practices” for a sustainable future.

SusQI project completed at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, as part of the Green Surgery Challenge, 26/04/2021 – 07/07/2021.

August, 2022

Life cycle assessment and life cycle cost of repairing surgical scissors

The study used life cycle assessment (LCA) to estimate the environmental impacts and financial cost of repairing surgical scissors.

Rizan, C., Brophy, T., Lillywhite, R. et al. Life cycle assessment and life cycle cost of repairing surgical scissors. Int J Life Cycle Assess 27, 780–795 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-022-02064-7

June, 2022

Healthier Futures Action Fund NHS England - Open for Applications!

Overview

July, 2022

The Allied Health Professions (AHPs) Strategy for England - AHPs Deliver

AHPs Deliver is the five year strategy for Allied Health Professions (AHPs) in England. It has an environmental sustainability focus and ambitions on pages 28-29.

NHS England

June, 2022

Updated UK Government (BEIS) greenhouse gas conversion factors database 2022

The UK Government (BEIS) have updated their greenhouse gas conversion factors database for 2022.

UK Government (BEIS)

June, 2022

Greener NHS

If you are a newcomer to sustainable healthcare, the NHS England website has a user-friendly guide to the principles behind the NHS Net Zero target.

June, 2022

SusQI case study: Eliminating the second group and save prior to laparoscopic cholecystectomies

SusQI project completed at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, as part of the Green Surgery Challenge, 26/04/2021 – 07/07/2021.

June, 2022

Minimising carbon and financial costs of steam sterilisation and packaging of reusable surgical instruments

Great study from Rizan et al (2021) estimating 'the carbon footprint and financial cost of decontaminating (steam sterilization) and packaging reusable surgical instruments.

November, 2021

Minimizing carbon and financial costs of steam sterilization and packaging of reusable surgical instruments

Great study from Rizan et al (2021) estimating 'the carbon footprint and financial cost of decontaminating (steam sterilization) and packaging reusable surgical instruments.

April, 2022

Call for Abstracts: North South Ireland Public Health Conference – Healthy Planet, Healthy People

Abstracts are welcomed for the Healthy Planet, Healthy People conference on 30th November 2022, hosted by The Institute of Public Health, Public Health Agency, Ulster University, Queen’s University Belfast, and University College Cork. The conference theme is the relationship between climate change and health in Ireland.

Can you help? Mapping Northern Irish sustainable healthcare activities

CSH beacon site Queens University Belfast are undertaking some mapping of sustainable healthcare activities in Northern Ireland.

Governments Net Zero strategy judged unlawful

With perfect timing, in the midst of a life-threatening heatwave and an undemocratic leadership contest where most of the contenders seem to want t

URGENT - GMC consultation on changes to GMP guidance - ends 20th July

The GMC consultation on changes to Good Medical Practice guidelines closes on the 20th July.

Critical Care Susnet - Sharing Hour - first one 14 July 2022

The Critical Care Susnet Sharing Hour will be hosted by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, British Association of Critical Care Nurses and Inte

Launch of the SusQI Academy and Beacon Site Recognition

Integrating environmental Sustainability into Quality Improvement (SusQI) offers a practical way for upskilling healthcare staff to contribute to b

URGENT! GMC Good medical practice consultation

The GMC is currently consulting on updates to the Good medical practice guidelines which will then be fixed for another five years.

London Sustainability Summit for Health and Climate Leaders - 12th and 13th July

Hosted by London Sustainability Network, NHS England, the summit is the first London NHS Sustainability event for healthcare staff to gain understa

MSc Dissertation Survey - Awareness of climate change policy in the NHS

My name is Dr Jake Parnian and I am a London-based SHO studying for an MSc in Climate Change.

Free journal club 15 June: Minimizing carbon and financial costs of steam sterilization and packaging of reusable surgical instruments

The next paper to be discussed at the Planetary Healthcare Journal Club is Chantalle Rizan's recent “Minimizing carbon and financial cost

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Remote Consultations: Do they reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Your Guide to calculating the Answer (2021 version)

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

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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