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

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

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

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:

Climate Change Urgency and Action webinar series

The Intensive Care Society has a fantastic lineup of speakers for a weekly lunchtime (one hour) webinar series called Climate Change Urgency and Ac

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

SEA-G Spring Newletter

A wee bit late in uploading the SEA_G Spring newsletter but here it is. Thanks again to editor Sam Freeman.

kenneth.barker2@nhs.scot

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

CSH is hiring! Specialities Lead & Networks Coordinator

We are creating two new roles in my team at CSH - if you would like to help us work with clinical specialties and/or develop our online networks, please get in touch!

Oxygen waste

Here’s a very short but useful article about oxygen waste from turning the flow all the way up to the top (past 15 l/min) which is commonly done:

Driver diagrams.... sustainable theatres.... where to start?

Hello all

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

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.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

March, 2017

Browse this Networks's Resources in the Resource Library

Greener AHP Hub

NHS England

October, 2021

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

September, 2021

The Nitrous Oxide Project

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.