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This document sets out plans for NHS Scotland to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and impact on the environment, adapt to climate change and to better contribute to the United Nation sustainable…
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Careful consideration of all blood ordering requests and order sets in line with the concept of ‘resource stewardship’ helps improve value of care through reducing…
In this advocacy article from the European Kidney Health Alliance, the authors describe the mutual impact of climate change on kidney health and kidney care on ecology. They propose an array of…
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April 2022
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Raymond Vanholder, John Agar, Marion Braks, Daniel Gallego, Karin G F Gerritsen, Mark Harber, Edita Noruisiene, Jitka Pancirova, Giorgina B Piccoli, Dimitrios Stamatialis, Fokko Wieringa
Intensive Care Medicine is the journal of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, which has a My Green ICU collection of articles related to improving the environmental sustainability of…
This report provides a detailed account of the NHS’ modelling and analytics underpinning the latest NHS carbon footprint, trajectories to net zero and the interventions required to achieve that…
This article provides an overview of intensive care environmental sustainability with a nice summary figure of recommendations to focus on for reducing the carbon footprint of ICUs and 'getting our…
This study provides an insight into the investigation carried out on West Nile virus (WNV) in Africa, highlighting several knowledge gaps regarding, firstly the current WNV distribution and genetic…
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January 2022
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Mencattelli, G., Ndione, M. H. D., Rosà, R., Marini, G., Diagne, C. T., Diagne, M. M., Fall, G., Faye, O., Diallo, M., Faye, O., Savini, G., & Rizzoli, A.
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Incremental HD is a good quality of life option for certain patients and offers high value with reduced environmental and cost impact.
Setting/Patient Group: Dialysis…
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February 2022
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E. Murray, J. Traynor, K. Craig, A. Doak, C. Grant, M. Findlay, R. Hutton et al
The British & Irish Orthoptic Society are commited to supporting the NHS net zero agenda. Amending the way we work can help build towards the target of being Net Zero. This web page has a section…
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Abstract
The current global ecological crisis threatens to irreversibly alter the conditions under which human civilization has evolved. Within…
