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Health Care’s Climate Footprint: How the Health Secto
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Submitted 4 weeks 19 hours ago by Frances Mortimer.
This patient- and clinician-facing website gives guidance on choosing inhalers with lower environmental impact - something which is now included in the BTS asthma guidelines.
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Dr Alex Wilkinson
September, 2019
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Submitted 2 months 2 weeks ago by Frances Mortimer.
Section 8.6 of the new BTS/SIGN Guideline for the management of asthma highlights the environmental impact of metered dose inhalers (pMDI) and recommends that inhalers with low global-war
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British Thoracic Society
July, 2019
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Submitted 2 months 3 weeks ago by Stefi Barna.
Resources on climate change and health have been developed by the Faculty of Public Health Sustainable Development Special Interest Group.
June, 2019
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Submitted 3 months 2 weeks ago by Frances Mortimer.
Very excitingly, the AOMRC has finally published its report, "Training for better outcomes: Developing quality improvement into practice", including a QI curriculum which embeds sustainab
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Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
June, 2019
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Submitted 3 months 2 weeks ago by Stefi Barna.
Congratulations and thanks to SanYuMay for this extremely helpful article summarising current knowledge on how sustainable healthcare can be incorporated into the medical curriculum.
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Medical Teacher
June, 2019
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Submitted 5 days 22 hours ago by Frances Mortimer.
This collection of papers from the British Dental Journalexplores how dentistry can be carried out more sustainably and covers topics including procurement, climate change,
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British Dental Journal
May, 2019
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Submitted 5 months 3 weeks ago by Michael Friel.
Asthma summary
Asthma is very common. Almost 10% of people living in the European Union have a diagnosis of asthma. Among children, asthma is the most common chronic medical condition.
April, 2019
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Submitted 5 months 3 weeks ago by Frances Mortimer.
This is an information tool to help people with asthma and their healthcare professionals discuss their options for inhaler devices.
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National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
April, 2019
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Submitted 5 months 3 weeks ago by Frances Mortimer.
RCN resources to use in your workplace to raise awareness of appropriate glove use - these include a poster, a leaflet and a selfie board.
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Royal College of Nursing
April, 2019
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Submitted 6 months 2 weeks ago by Frances Mortimer.
Our article published today! "The contribution of anaesthesia to the environmental impact of healthcare is significant and visible, but amenable to change.
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C. L. Shelton, S. C. McBain, F. Mortimer, S. M. White. Anaesthesia.
March, 2019
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Submitted 5 months 3 weeks ago by Charlotte Bonner.
Green Impact is a sustainability accreditation scheme with an audit and awards element designed specifically for dental practices.
March, 2019
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Submitted 8 months 1 week ago by Charlotte Holbrook.
Practice Greenhealth is an American organisation working to promote sustainable, eco-friendly practices in healthcare h
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https://practicegreenhealth.org
February, 2019
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Submitted 6 months 2 weeks ago by Charlotte Holbrook.
One way of reducing waste in theatre is to think about the surgical instruments we use (or open and don’t use!).
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Journal of Pediatric Urology February 2018 Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 20–24
February, 2019
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Submitted 8 months 2 weeks ago by Frances Mortimer.
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, with funding from Health Education England, has developed a free-to-access Guide for improving the sustainability of a dental practice.
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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
January, 2019
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Submitted 8 months 1 week ago by Charlotte Holbrook.
An example of how surgeons can help reduce carbon emissions outside of theatres too!
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Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
January, 2019
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Submitted 9 months 1 week ago by Frances Mortimer.
Hänsel M, Bambach T, Wachtel H
M32 Reduced environmental impact of a reusable soft mist inhaler.
Thorax 2018; 73:A262.
Abstract
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Hansel M et al. Thorax
December, 2018
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Submitted 10 months 3 weeks ago by Frances Mortimer.
Realising the health benefits of acting on air pollution
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UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
October, 2018
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Submitted 11 months 4 days ago by Frances Mortimer.
This is the most recent carbon/natural resources footprint of health and social care in England, based on 2017 data.
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Sustainable Development Unit, NHS England & Public Health England
September, 2018
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Submitted 1 year 4 months ago by Frances Mortimer.
2 papers published in the Future Healthcare Journal put forward a simple approach for incorporating sustainability into mainstream QI methodologies: the ‘SusQI’ framework.&n
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Mortimer F, Isherwood J, Wilkinson A, Pearce M, Kenward C, Vaux E. Future Healthcare Journal, 2018
June, 2018
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