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
This is a recording of the AHP Sustainability webinar from June 18th 2020, part of the National Allied Health Professions fornightly webinar series.
The cataract surgery audit tool ‘Eyefficiency’ was designed to identify opportunities for sites to minimize the footprint of cataract surgical services and to increase access to cataract surgery fo
Health Care’s Climate Footprint: How the Health Secto
The presenters of the Masterclass in Environmental Sustainability at the World Ophthalmology Congress 2018 in Barcelona have given permission to share their presentations, they can be accessed belo
The study analyses the impact of service provision at different locations on health outcomes, cost of service, carbon emissions and patients and their families.
Quite a good basic guide on communicating about climate change and health
Interesting article introducing the theme of climate change and health and highlighting the important advocacy role of health professionals
Global resources are finite; as this becomes more apparent the concept of sustainability in healthcare is becoming more important.
Determining the carbon footprint of specific health care activities such as cataract surgery allows the assessment of associated emissions and identifies opportunities for reduction.
SAP is a programme to support clinical teams in taking action for sustainability. Structured around two facilitated workshops, SAP helps front-line staff to learn about sustainable healthcare
