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Realising the health benefits of acting on air pollution This report on air pollution describes the current problem, the reasons it exists and the critical need to resolve it, and includes high…

This study estimates electricity use and associated carbon emissions in a critical care unit in England.

For anyone who was unable to attend our webinar on Reusable Medical Textiles, the presenters have very kindly provided their slides for review. The full recording of the webinar is also attached. …

This is the most recent carbon/natural resources footprint of health and social care in England, based on 2017 data. Of note, the greenhouse gas emissions from metered dose inhalers are estimated at…

Key learning point “Finding money for green initiatives is always difficult, It would be wonderful if the Unit would re-invest some of its cost savings into more carbon reductions, for example to…

Keele University Medical School educators have developed their own cases based around four prominent types of waste within the NHS: food, pharmaceutical, clinical and fuel, which they have given…

Perspective paper arguing for use of sterile water in endoscopic procedures and outlines justification for this in relation to sustainable use of resources.

A really interesting article looking at the individual contribution of different methods of ‘greening’ strategies in operating theatres. It highlights how changesin anaesthetic gas usage can have…

Resource Description: Duane et al. “Carbon mitigation, patient choice and cost reduction – triple bottom line optimisation for health care planning” Public Health 2014…

Dear Colleagues, Pleased to share with you the first environmental "parallel assessment" (Toolan et al., 2022) alongside a health economic analysis that I undertook last year for the Scottish…