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Procurement activities in healthcare, especially within nephrology, contribute significantly to the environmental footprint. In peritoneal dialysis (PD), procurement of consumables such as dialysis…
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September 2025
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Larkin, J., Ligabue, G., Alfano, G., Martínez-Cadenas, R., Fehintola, A., Steinbach, I., Yasar, A., Morisi, N., Arias-Guillen, M., Caiazzo, M., Donati, G., Duane, B.
This report from Eunomia and Systemiq quantifies the environmental and financial impacts of single-use plastics in the European and North American healthcare sectors across seven high-volume product…
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September 2025
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Euomia Research & Consulting: Pallavi Madakasira, Simon Hann, Iris Liu, Zoë Hodges / Systemiq: Yoni Shiran, Alexandre Harry, Daniel Barraclough
The National Health Service (NHS) faces an urgent need to address the environmental and financial impacts associated with the use of single-use medical devices. Transitioning to reusable medical…
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September 2025
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Mortimer, F., Cameron, D., Hillson, R., McLean, R., Bhutta, M., Llewellyn, C., Tabakov, P. & Robinson, A.
Ageing & Complex Medicine (Astley Ward) — Deprescribing in frailtyProject completed as part of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) Green Team Competition 2025.Team members:Ðula Alićehajić-Bečić,…
Transitioning to reusable cups in inpatient wards. Project completed as part of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) Green Team Competition 2025. Transitioning to reusable cups in inpatient…
CSH has recently completed a SusQI project exploring medicines waste in care homes. This project was funded through Q Exchange by the Health Foundation and NHS England. More details can be found on…
Environmental optimizations in kidney care have been analysed as part of the EU co-funded KitNewCare project.Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) using Ecoinvent database and OpenLCA software quantified…
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August 2025
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Duane, B., Larkin, J., Caiazzo ML., Arenas, MD., Griffin, A., Audije-Gil J., Mortimer, F., Attwell, H., Yasar, A., Martínez, R., Arias-Guillén, M., Gomez, M., Fehintola, A., Steinbach, I., Ortiz, A
Case study on the Patient Led Asthma Inhaler Net zero Initiative (PLAIN-I) project, which aims empower patients to take the lead in making environmentally responsible choices. Using the Digital Health…
Case study exploring pilots of the 'Show Me Your Meds Please' (SMYM) project, an approach where community staff ask a simple screening question, “Show me your meds, please?” which helps to identify…
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June 2025
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Deborah Gompertz, Complex Care GP, Somerset Foundation Trust, and Victoria Welsh, Head of Profession Physiotherapy and Bid Lead and Innovation Discovery Manager at NHS Trust
Case study examining carbon footprint of Pee-in-Pot, a sustainable, single-solution pulp vessel that simplifies mid-stream urine collection while cutting carbon emissions by up to 85%.
