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Key learning point: Digitalisation of pathology reporting results in significant social as well as environmental and financial savings.
Setting/Patient Group:Dialysis unit patient…
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March 2012
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Ian Stott, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This Canadian article differentiates between 'ecological' and ‘environmental’ determinants of health. It proposes more attention to ecosystems as foundational to human health and recognizes climate…
Planetary health and primary care: what’s the emergency?
Terry Kemple
British Journal of General Practice 2019; 69 (688): 536-537. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X706145
"In 30…
Environmental competencies for healthcare educators and trainees: A scoping review
Gillian Parker, Whitney Berta, Christine Shea, Fiona Miller
Health Education Journal, Nov 11,…
The Sustainable Healthcare Coalition's produced a case study of a life cycle assessment for continuous renal replacment therapy (CRRT) using the Baxter PrismaFlex.
Carbon footprint of 72 hours of…
Health Care Without Harm and the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments partnered on the “Nurses Climate Challenge” with the aim of nurses educating 5,000 health professionals on climate and…
Honeycomb Dental Clinic is an independent general dental practice in Winscombe, Somerset with a strong environmentally sustainable ethos. The setting is a detached house with 5 surgeries, 1 staff…
New report shows impact of social prescribing on health service use and costs.
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Dr Elaine O’Connell Francischetto (Lead author), Joelle Bradly and Katy Knight – Evidence and Evaluation Team at the National Academy for Social Prescribing
