Resource library

The key to environmental footprint improvement in healthcare and critical care uses the framework: avoiding, reducing, reusing, and recycling without compromising safe, quality care, with simultaneous…

This Swedish life cycle assessment by Hemberg et al. (2023) compares single-use and reusable central venous catheter insertion kits, including metal, plastic and textiles items. In contrast to a 2012…

As part of Greener AHP week, Sarah Garland (Chief Sustainability Officer's Clinical Fellow at Greener NHS and Registered Dietitian) presented information and resources from One Blue Dot, the BDA's…

As part of Greener AHP Week,Jessie Frost (Chief Sustainability Officer's Clinical Fellow at Greener NHS) presented on overview of some of the ongoing national work on the environmental sustainability…

This evaluation shows that Social and Therapeutic Horticulture is effective in relieving distress in palliative care and may be considered a valued therapeutic intervention. The findings can inform…

A case study demonstrating how moving a service from a hospital outpatients model to a domiciliary model resulted in unanticipated reductions in travel miles per appointment.

This project was completed as part of the Northamptonshire 2022 Green Team Competition Read our sustainability project on the positive impact reducing the administration of unnecessary doses of…

SusQI project completed as part of The Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT Green Team Competitionfrom September - December 2022 by the Home Enteral Feeding Team (HEFT). The HEFT were announced…

A framwork for sharing your experience and progress in teaching sustainability and sustainability in QI with other educators and colleagues.

Building designs for NICU - including ecological sustainability and green spaces, plant, outdoor areas and views of nature for reduced stress levels for staff and patients.