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This report examines how embedding public health within local authorities has impacted upon work to reduce carbon emissions and protect areas vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The authors…

Marc Beaumont, sustainability lead from Hull University teaching hospital explains how his multi-disciplinary team achieved an 87% reduction in their Entonox emissions with an additional cost saving…

What provision is there for recycling within your operating theatre? Abstract: Currently, there are very few provisions for recycling in theatres. We measured the weight of clinical waste for…

Severn Deanery sustainability scholar, Dr. Sara Vogan, supervised by CSH, has produced seven Top Tips for GPs to be more sustainable. The recommendations were presented as a prize-winning poster…

"No time for the recommended 30 minutes of exercise a day? But have you got time for illness? Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for cancer and a bigger risk factor for coronary heart…

Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide Issue to be addressed: Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust estimate procurement of more than one million syringes in 2013 representing…

In Sustainability in Ophthalmology the Royal College of Ophthalmologists calls for leadership from the profession and the healthcare industry to develop best practice and integrate these into our…

Setting/Patient Group: Operating Theatres Issue to be addressed: Inappropriate waste segregation and disposal - all waste from clinical areas within the operating theatre setting was disposed of…

This is a really good checklist for you to try and reduce the carbon footprint of the practice. I found it on the resource page for the NHS Sustainability Day.

Carbon champion checklist, developed in UCLH. All hospitals, clinics & GP practices are encouraged to carry out a snap-shot audit on NHS Sustainability Day of Action - 28 March 2012.More checklists…