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Expert Working Group on reducing the climate change impact of inhalers

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22 Nov 2018
by
Frances Mortimer
A national (English) working group has been formed toestablish the approach and a potential target for reducing the climate change impact of inhalers. The impetus for the expert working group is to…
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NHS energy efficiency fund for LED lighting

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21 Nov 2018
by
Jacqueline Cutting
The government has made £46 million available through Public Dividend Capital funding for NHS trusts to improve and expand the use of LED lighting across their services, to save the NHS money and…
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"Can a Whisper become a Roar" A call to action for the healthcare community

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15 Nov 2018
by
James Szymankiewicz
"As clinicians we are taught to value evidence based interventions that benefit health and wellbeing. We look for the causes of disease and aim to change behaviour to improve outcomes. We have a…
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Sustainable anaesthesia - reducing desflurane usage

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5 Oct 2018
by
Sam Freeman
I am looking to reduce the environmental impact of the anaesthetic department that I am currently working in. In particular, I'd like to reduce the amount of desflurane use, as this is known to be a…
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Calling all Q members (Health Foundation) with a passion for sustainability

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12 Sep 2018
by
Chantelle Rizan
Calling all sustainability friends… are you a Q member (Health Foundation)? We are pleased to announce we have just started a new Sustainability Specialist Interest group- please do join us…
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Sign up to the CSH newsletter

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6 Jun 2018
by
Admin *
We are going to be sending out a CSH newsletter next week.. If you did not resubscribe when we asked you to in May, you may not receive it (due to changesin linewith GDPR)...so make sure to sign up…
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Air Pollution - GPs

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16 May 2018
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Rosie Roberts
Hello - Im a final year medical student doing a 2 week placement with CSH. I am making a pamphlet for GPs suggesting ways in which they can help reduce their patient's exposure to air pollution. I…
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Update on AAGBI activities in greener anaesthesia

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8 May 2018
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Frances Mortimer
The Chair of the AAGBI Envrionmental Task Force, Dr Samantha Shinde, recently sent out this udate on what the AAGBI (The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland)hasbeen doing to…
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MPs call on NHS to reduce use of MDIs to tackle climate change

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2 May 2018
by
Frances Mortimer
The Environmental Audit Committeehas called on the Government, the NHS and manufacturers to reduce the production and use of metereddose inhalers in order to cutgreenhouse gas emissions. In the…