Doctors and all health professionals are highly respected. Many of us therefore feel that we should use our position to speak out and make sure that people know about the climate emergency and the…
Hello!
I am a Deputy Charge Nurse of a Recovery Unit in Scotland
I am about 2 months into a Q.I project of reducing our clinical waste by maximising correct waste segregation procedures.
I am also…
This project carried out by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trustaimsto improve patient outcome by considering the current role of patients in ophthalmic research and their influence…
In January 2019, NHS England published its Long Term Plan, setting out its commitments for the next ten years - including how it will deliver on the carbon reduction targets from the 2008 UK Climate…
The University of Brighton School of Health Sciences 5th annual sustainability conference will be held 3 May 2019.
The conference aims to present the diversity of sustainable practices within…
As service providers, NHS Grampian and its Glaucoma Laser Clinic have worked to refine their referral processing procedures through enhanced case finding. Enhanced case finding is a known method used…
Have you read this piece by Carrie Rich, J. Knox Singleton and Seema S. Wadhwa?
“The importance of educating current healthcare leaders about sustainability should not be underestimated. For many…
An update to a post i entered 8 months ago. Since introducing regular monitoring of our anaesthetic gas usage and encouraging reduced desflurane use we continue to see a steady decline in Desflurane…
Emergency Eye Care is widely used in the UK and understanding more about the processes involved in care delivery can be beneficial toward improving workflow and appropriately allocating…
The article "Reducing the environmental impact of cataract surgery: Sustainability versus safety: A tradeoff?"published by Dr. Nick Mamalis (University of Utah, USA) discusses the evidence available…