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Improving sustainability in the Urgent Suspected Skin Cancer pathway. Project completed as part of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) Green Team Competition 2025.Team members:Lewis Veale (Physician…
Project completed as part of the 2024 Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Integrated Care System Green Team Competition.Team members:• Rebecca Grant, Clinical Education Fellow• Lauren Taylor, Clinical…
This report outlines considerations for a transition to reusable slide sheets in a hospotal. Potential financial, carbon and social impacts have been considered.This report forms part of a larger…
Project completed as part of the Northampton Green Team Competition 2022.Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wideIssue to be addressed:Personal protective equipment (PPE) use increased over the pandemic but…
This article highlights the importance of incorporating environmentally sustainable practices within dermatology in response to the growing climate crisis. It outlines the considerable waste and…
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November 2024
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Rahib K. Islam, Victoria T. Tong, and Shari R. Lipner
Great work here. Role of expert led community dermatology to avoid unnecessary referrals to hospital, saving appointments and reducing travel. Super well on your award!
In 2017, health and social care organizations contributed 6.3% of carbon emissions in England. Efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of the National Health Service (NHS) have been broadly…
Climate change poses a major threat to our health as well as our planet. The environment is changing, that change is accelerating, and this has direct and immediate consequences for our patients, the…