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These recommendations to support healthcare providers working in the renal field were developed to raise awareness of the importance of evaluation of the current situation in their renal units as a…
This case study was joint winner of the 2013 Green Nephrology Awards.The project was implemented by a multi professional team, comprising Gary Carlisle (ward manager), David Croft (chief renal…
Key learning point: Digitalisation of pathology reporting results in significant social as well as environmental and financial savings.
Setting/Patient Group:Dialysis unit
Issue to be…
Published date
September 2012
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Elizabeth Critchley, Renal Unit Deputy Manager, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The health care sector is a resource-intensive industry, consuming significant amounts of water and energy, and producing a multitude of waste. Health care providers are increasingly implementing…
ABSTRACT
High-technology medicine saves lives and produces waste; this is the case of dialysis. The increasing amounts of waste products can be biologically dangerous in different ways: some…
This project was highly commended in the 2018 Green Ward Competition Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust.
Key learning point: There are multiple opportunities to reduce waste and water…
Published date
December 2018
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Jenkins H, Webb L, Eyles K, Dicks M, McAleer N, Luke R, Al-Zaved H, Harry J, Channing K, Hubbard A & Bingham C
Winning SusQI project completed as part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS FT Green Team Competitionfrom January – March 2022.
Team Members:
Alison Hardy – Satellite Dialysis Unit…
Interventions that consider climate change, sustainability, and nature should be integral to health system functioning. Placing sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future offers opportunities to…
The Clinical guidelines for environmental sustainability in dentistry, which aim to give staff working in dentistry a better understanding of how to make services more environmentally sustainable,…
Published date
January 2023
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Bakar, M.; Duane, B.; Fennell-Wells, A.; Klass, C.
