This toolkit gives you everything you need for a 1 minute, 5 minute and even more minute conversation, complete with step-by-step guides, behavioural change insights and all the evidence to back it
Health Care’s Climate Footprint: How the Health Secto
This patient- and clinician-facing website gives guidance on choosing inhalers with lower environmental impact - something which is now included in the BTS asthma guidelines.
Section 8.6 of the new BTS/SIGN Guideline for the management of asthma highlights the environmental impact of metered dose inhalers (pMDI) and recommends that inhalers with low global-war
Are you confident in teaching patients how to use their inhalers?
Resources on climate change and health have been developed by the Faculty of Public Health Sustainable Development Special Interest Group.
This is an information tool to help people with asthma and their healthcare professionals discuss their options for inhaler devices.
The University of Westminster has published an excellent explanatory document on social prescription.
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
A toolkit to help general practices improve their sustainability and environmental impact, and reduce their practice expenses.
Documents wihch aid End oF Life Planning
So you think Sustainability is important. You want to make a difference. But you are thinking to yourself, where do I start? How do I do this?
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.
Sustainability is a bit of a buzzword. But what does it actually mean? And what has it got to do with healthcare?
The SDU along with the RCGP has come up with 5 key ways that a GP can work towards Sustainability.
