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Key learning point: Reducing the burden of waste and improving its segregation into appropriate streams for disposal has positive environmental impacts as well as cost savings. Setting/Patient…

SSCreport + recorded workshop - background/context of sustainable respiratory care - summary of interviews with practice patients - framework for action/SusQI projects in GP supervisor --> Dr…

The project was shortlisted for the Green Nephrology Awards 2012. The PDF award entry poster may be downloaded fromhere. Key learning point: Electricity energy saving in patients homes – with…

Key learning point: Digitalisation of pathology reporting results in significant social as well as environmental and financial savings. Setting/Patient Group:Dialysis unit patient…

This is the first published paper defining the links between Climate Change and the Speech and Language Therapy Profession. It was published in the International Journal of Language and Communication…

I am so thrilled to have helped with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare's first Sustainable Dentistry course. What a fantastic start to the journeys of our participants: an innovative, excited,…

The carbon footprint of general anaesthetics: A case study in the UK Xiaocheng Hu, JM Tom Pierce, Tim Taylor, Karyn Morrissey Resources, Conservation & Recycling167(2021) 105411 Background…

*Please note: this article is behind a paywall* Abstract:Current dialysis technologies require vast quantities of pure water; however, water is a finite resource and water scarcity is increasing…

ABSTRACT High-technology medicine saves lives and produces waste; this is the case of dialysis. The increasing amounts of waste products can be biologically dangerous in different ways: some…

The study uses Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate the carbon footprints of 3 vaginal speculum: a single-use acrylic and two reusable stainless steel. Overall, both types of reusables were found…