Background: Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats to human health
A resource created by a group of GPs, medical students and others to engage the primary care community towards Greener Practice: actions that improve the health of both people and planet.
This is a recording of the AHP Sustainability webinar from June 18th 2020, part of the National Allied Health Professions fornightly webinar series.
Useful information resource / infographic about different inhalers and the main differences between them - including environmental impact.
Could be helpful in teaching...
Collection of resources to help GP practices in the Covid19 outbreak, including guidance on remote consulting
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.
Are you confident in teaching patients how to use their inhalers?
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
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.
Sustainability has been recognised as a domain of quality in healthcare, and building it into quality improvement (QI) is a practical way to drive incremental change towards a more ethical, sustain
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
