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By redirecting clean reject water to the boiler house for steam production, the hospital achieves significant water savings, reduced sewerage costs, and greenhouse gas…
Published date
July 2013
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Daniel Speakman, Staff Nurse, University Hospitals of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
The priority learning outcomes for environmental sustainability in medical education were developed in response to a request from the General Medical Council and refined through a two-stage national…
This is the pre- and post-session evaluation form used at a teaching session on leadership for sustainable healthcare, run for London "Darzi" Clinical Leadership Fellows in 2013.
This guide and the associated tools are aimed at Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) that want to deliver system-wide commissioning which will, as a consequence, lead to healthcare services that…
Published date
February 2013
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Forum for the Future, The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
These Priority Learning Outcomes (PLOs) represent a reworking of recommendations made to the GMC in January 2012.The twelve PLOs trace a path from global environmental awareness to practical action in…
On the advice of the GMC, the Sustainable Healthcare Education Network is planning a national consultation with undergraduate and postgraduate educators to refine and validate our recommended learning…
The 10:10 Checklists show 10 actions to reduce the carbon footprint of your Trust, ward or individual practice. They are available to download as pdf posters, or online via the links…
Key learning point:Central Acid Delivery can reduce acid and packaging waste, saving just over 16,000 kg of CO2 annually as well as over £23,000 per yearSetting/Patient Group: Dialysis UnitIssue to be…
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February 2011
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Andrew Owen, Chief Renal Technologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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A simple code created and introduced in under an hour offers financial, electrical and carbon savings by automatically switching off PCs after a period of inactivity. With no…
Published date
January 2010
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Dr Jamie Traynor, Consultant Renal Physician, NHS Lanarkshire