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Healthcare contributes nearly 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with significant environmental impacts across the lifecycle of health technologies (from production to disposal). Yet, these…
Case study on the Patient Led Asthma Inhaler Net zero Initiative (PLAIN-I) project, which aims empower patients to take the lead in making environmentally responsible choices. Using the Digital Health…
Case study exploring pilots of the 'Show Me Your Meds Please' (SMYM) project, an approach where community staff ask a simple screening question, “Show me your meds, please?” which helps to identify…
Published date
June 2025
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Deborah Gompertz, Complex Care GP, Somerset Foundation Trust, and Victoria Welsh, Head of Profession Physiotherapy and Bid Lead and Innovation Discovery Manager at NHS Trust
Case study exploring the impact of the the Primary Care Route to Net Zero – Digital Journey Planner Module, which translates national Net Zero ambitions into feasible, evidence-based actions at…
The article proposes some ways in which carbon footprints can be used to inform strategy for sustainable healthcare and highlights areas to apply caution.
Published date
September 2024
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Chantelle Rizan, Cassandra Thiel, and Mahmood F Bhutta
Dr Mark Miller is a Reader (Senior Research Scientist) working in the Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Edinburgh, funded by the British Heart Foundation. Mark’s research…
Published date
January 2024
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Dr Mark Miller, BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh
The GP Net 0 Study aims:
To understand how general practice is implementing decarbonisation actions to help achieve a net zero NHS; and
To generate actionable recommendations on how to support…
Published date
September 2023
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Dr Ana R Nunes and Prof Jeremy Dale (lead investigators)
Alongside Liz Sturgiss and Peter Tait I am guest editor for this special edition on the topic of Climate Crisis in a Family Medicine journal:
https://academic.oup.com/fampra/issue/40/3
Thank you…
A team from Spain have published a method to establish the material composition of commonly used endoscopic accessories and then used life cycle assessment methodology to quantify the carbon footprint…
Published date
April 2023
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López-Muñoz P, Martín-Cabezuelo R, Lorenzo-Zúñiga V, et al
Primary Care Respiratory Societyhas developed a Greener Respiratory Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) toolkit to understand and evaluate the environmental impact of clinical practice, identify ways…
