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A link to a poster with QR codes. Each QR code is a different language. They link to videos, for patients, that explain what asthma is and how it can be best managed. There is also a guide for…
A video, for patients, emphasising preventer inhaler adherence. It explains what asthma is, how preventer inhalers and reliever inhalers work and reframes reliever inhalers as ‘rescue’ medication.
Link to OpenPrescribing which allows the analysis of data about the drugs prescribed by GPs from across general practices in England.
There are two measures relating to the carbon footprint of…
Published date
January 2023
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Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, University of Oxford
AbstractIntroduction: The National Health Service (NHS) has set the goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2040. Within dermatology, minor skin surgery is particularly energy- and resource-intensive.…
A link to a PrescQIPP web page. On the web page, there are inhaler carbon emissions data for each inhaler, as well as other resources to support low carbon inhaler prescribing. For example, an inhaler…
Open access article
Abstract: GI endoscopy is highly resource-intensive with a significant contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and waste generation. Sustainable endoscopy in the context…
Publication in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Abstract
There is a bidirectional relationship between climate change and health care. Climate change threatens public health, and…
The targets of the Climate Change Act are very challenging for the NHS, which means fundamental transformation of clinical practices will be required to meet them.Sustainability in the NHS has mostly…
