Abstract
The healthcare sector is a significant producer of greenhouse gas emissions. Gases that contribute to climate change include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons.…
Project completed as part of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Green Team Competition.
Team members:
Snehal Bakrania, Medicines information pharmacist
Sadhna Ayesha Sharma, Cardiology…
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…
For a greener ICU, we call for healthcare researchers to measure the environmental benefits of interventions to limit low-value care, and for healthcare practitioners to increase implementation of…
The Children and Young Person's version of the guide on How to reduce the carbon footprint of inhalers, key priorities and principles, and has a handy table of inhalers by carbon footprint category.
Published date
March 2024
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Dr Will Carroll, Dr Joanna Kirstin Dykes, Dr James Smith, Dr Rosie Spooner and Dr Duncan Keeley
Effects of heatwaves on the body, risk factors for heat related illnesses, drug effects and risk of heat related illnesses and management of heat related illnesses
An information leaflet for people with asthma highlighting indicators of poor control, in particular over-reliance on reliever inhalers (using more than 3 times a week) and the importance of using…
Published date
March 2024
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Scottish Respiratory Pharmacy Special Interest Group
An article demystifying the use of dry powder inhaler in patients irrespective of respiratory condition or age of the patient even during acute exacerbations. Demonstrating that dry powder inhalers…
Published date
February 2023
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Ville A Vartiainena,b, Federico Lavorini c , Anna C Murphyd and Klaus F Rabee