Resource library

An innovation Agency report for the NHSE sustainable procurement team: Surgical Instrument Set Rationalisation: Understanding the benefits and replicating the process. Read the full report here.

Project completed as part of the Swansea Bay University Health Board Green Team competition (October - December 2022). Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatres Issue to be…

This (open access) paper compares the carbon footprint of 3 operating theatres (UK, US and Canada). It is really interesting to see how different institutional practices influence the carbon…

Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Surgery Challenge. Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatre Issue to be addressed: Appendicectomy remains the most performed acute general…

This project was started by Alifia Chakera, with support from CSH Fellows Chris Allen and Amarantha Fennell-Wells and The Association of Anaesthetists Environmental Champions.Following…

SusQI project completed as part of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTM UHB) and Centre for Sustainable HealthcareIntensive Sustainable Innovation Group Scholar Programme. Team…

This is a recording of the AHP Sustainability webinar from June 18th 2020, part of theNational Allied Health Professions fornightly webinar series. This webinarincluded exploration of the AHP role…

This study audited the introduction of recycling of paper and cardboard within an operating theatre. All waste within a single operating theatre was collected by a dedicated team for 20 surgical…

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…

Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition. Team members • Tim Orr (Consultant Anaesthetist) • Caroline Dalton (Recovery Lead…