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This article addresses the growing concern of the impact of climate change is having on healthcare services. There has been a call for all allied health professionals to prepare and mitigate these…

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare in partnership with Health Education England is hosting a webinar series to launch ourhow-to guide for sustainable dentistry. You can now access a recording of…

CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis) has published a series of implementation resources for sustainable pharmacy and prescribing practices. At present these…

Improving resource use by reusing and recycling dialysis reverse osmosis (RO) system reject water. ROsystem reject water was reused to provide steam for sterilising autoclave systems, for waste…

One way of reducing waste in theatre is to think about the surgical instruments we use (or open and don’t use!). This study does not focus on environmental sustainability, but does look at reducing…

I've created various resources to engage the public and the profession and help improve our well-being. This is the newest one and has references to previous resources. The UK government green…

Practice Greenhealth is an American organisation working to promote sustainable, eco-friendly practices in healthcare https://practicegreenhealth.org/initiatives/greening-operating-room. This tool can…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location: Marianne Dawson, Canada, British Columbia Issue: To scale sustainable change and not add to the…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location: Laura L. Bellaire, USA Issue: Healthcare delivery generates significant waste and emissions.…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location: USA Issue: US and UK estimates show the supply chain to cause the majority of emissions from…