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International Plastics Treaty

Created on
22 Oct 2024
by
Amy Manning
Plastics, the chemicals they are made of and the fossil fuels that produce them are harming human health. Healthcare is contributing to the evolving human and planetary health crisis, we need to turn…
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Gloves SusQI

Created on
21 Oct 2024
by
Sarah Walpole
Poster resources from RCN to encourage sustainable glove use https://www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/Campaign-with-us/Glove-awareness/resources
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Please book for our Health Sector Roundtable (Round 2) next week!

Created on
21 Oct 2024
by
Clare Dias
BOOK HERE In July, experts from across the health sector joined together in a whiteboarding session to discuss processes for understanding and managing climate risk to the health system, local and…
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Kidney X Sustainability Prize - up to $7.25 million prizes for innovations to reduce water and power use in dialysis

Created on
21 Oct 2024
by
Lucy Brown
KidneyX Sustainability Prize - KidneyX The Opportunity The sustainability challenges in the treatment of kidney diseases present an opportunity for innovation and collaboration in treatment…
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Re-usable patient warming blankets

Created on
21 Oct 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
Does anyone have any experience of re-usable patient warming blankets (as opposed to the disposable type eg "Bair Hugger"TM)? Our procurement team have asked me to look into this, but mentioned that…
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Neuroscience For Designing Green Spaces

Created on
20 Oct 2024
by
Mark Stefan
Five years ago, my late father was in hospital for over a month following a severe stroke. After visiting him I used to head down the corridor to a cafe which was adjacent to a lovely garden (although…
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Sustainable Respiratory Care Sharing Hour - Digital interventions to decarbonise asthma care

Created on
19 Oct 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
The Sustainable Respiratory Care Network team are back with our next 'sharing hour' on Tues 12thNov, 12-1pm. You can book your (free!) place…
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Sustainable Respiratory Care Sharing Hour - Digital interventions to decarbonise asthma care

Created on
19 Oct 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
We're back with our next 'sharing hour' on Tues 12thNov, 12-1pm. You can book your (free!) place here:https://buytickets.at/centreforsustainablehealthcareltd/1437109 We'll hear from Lynn Elsey,…
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Animal agriculture, air pollution & respiratory health

Created on
17 Oct 2024
by
Laura-Jane Smith
Did you know that raising animals for food produces large volumes of air pollution? The government's own reports state that "Methane and non-methane volatile organic compounds (VOC) are emitted by…
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Service user interview invitation to explore ICU environmental sustainablity

Created on
15 Oct 2024
by
Heather Baid
Service user interviews to explore environmental sustainability guidance for intensive care The Intensive Care Society, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance are…