Resource library

This framework has been developed as a practical tool for service development or commissioning of sustainable mental health services. It comprises four sections, each of which tackles one of the four…

Welcome to the resources page for the UKKA Kidney Unit Sustainability Champion Scheme The UKKA Sustainability Committee needs a named staff Sustainability Champion in each UK kidney unit so…

As part of an elective placement experience with the CSH and the University of Nottingham we were tasked to review the literature on nursing and biodiversity and create a round-up of the literature…

I hope this might be interesting to some members, this article reports on work we have been doing to look at overuse in health care as a form of overconsumption, and examines health care overuse from…

A project I did back in 2019/2020 looking at staff attitudes to sustainability at University Hospital Southampton. Over 1,100 responses. Mix of scale answer questions with some free text options…

Chen, M., Zhou, R., Du, C. et al. Int Urol Nephrol (2016). doi:10.1007/s11255-016-1418-5 This study aimed to determine the carbon footprints of peritoneal dialysis (PD) with the different…

This occasional paper is making the case for using patient-level information and costing systems (PLICS) and service line reporting (SLR) for carbon accounting purposes.

Article published last week in CJASN: "Heat stress nephropathy may represent one of the first epidemics due to global warming." ABSTRACT: Climate change has led to significant rise of…

This guide supports commissioners, local health authorities and providers to think broadly, but practically, about building sustainable, resilient communities that have the potential, over time,…

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. (2015) 30 (6): 1018-1027. Approximately 2 million chronic haemodialysis patients produce over 2 000 000 tons of waste per year that includes about 600 000 tons of…