The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, with funding from Health Education England, has developed a free-to-access Guide for improving the sustainability of a dental practice.
An example of how surgeons can help reduce carbon emissions outside of theatres too!
The University of Brighton School of Health Sciences hosts a sustainability conference every year. Videos and slides from previous events are available here:
The Royal College of Physicians published a new report 'Outpatients: the future – adding value through sustainability' which seeks to re-evaluate the purpose of outpatient care and align those obje
Realising the health benefits of acting on air pollution
This is the most recent carbon/natural resources footprint of health and social care in England, based on 2017 data.
Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE)
Short animation to raise awareness of the NHS contribution to environmental issues such as climate change and air pollution, and encourage health professionals to look for environmentally friendly
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 pe
We describe a clinical-skills based approach to teaching medical and public health students the health effects of climate change. This resource presents eleven simulation exercises used with
The presenters of the Masterclass in Environmental Sustainability at the World Ophthalmology Congress 2018 in Barcelona have given permission to share their presentations, they can be accessed belo
Case studies from 2016/17 onwards from eight medical and health professional schools in the UK, Brazil and USA.
CSH’s report ‘Carbon modelling within dentistry: towards a sustainable future’ commissioned by Public Health England has now been published.
All the presentations from the Sustainable Dentistry Conference on 29th June 2018 can now be viewed here.
The study analyses the impact of service provision at different locations on health outcomes, cost of service, carbon emissions and patients and their families.
Interested in becoming a SHE representative for your university? We are looking for students and staff to join our growing network.
“How can Dentistry be Sustainable? An Exploratory Study” (YouTube Video of presentation of the study)
2 papers published in the Future Healthcare Journal put forward a simple approach for incorporating sustainability into mainstream QI methodologies: the ‘SusQI’ framework.&n
3rd year medical students at Sheffield University have a student self selected placement in social accountability, which focusses on the social determinants of health.
