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Excel-based carbon calculator designed to allow Living Kidney Donation services to measure the carbon footprint of their assessment pathway, identify key carbon hotspots, and reassess emissions after…
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March 2026
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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, UK Kidney Association, The Health Foundation, NHS Blood and Transplant
Step-by-step guidance to support living kidney donation services to conduct pathway analysis.The toolkit includes:An example case studyPractical toolsPathway measurement tool, with carbon calculator…
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March 2026
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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, UK Kidney Association, The Health Foundation, NHS Blood and Transplant
Frances Mortimer, CSH's Medical Director, responds to BMJ article, "Environmental Lessons Learned and Applied (ELLA): a new framework for identifying, prioritising and implementing decarbonisation…
Why you should read this article:To enhance your understanding of your role in mitigating the environmental costs of providing careTo reflect on how you could lead quality improvement projects aimed…
*UPDATED FOR 2024*The calculator has now been updated with the latest GHG emission factors for 2024.This guide and carbon calculator have been developed by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare in…
AbstractBackgroundHaemodialysis treatments generate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mainly as a result of the equipment, consumables and pharmaceuticals required. An internal audit demonstrated a 33%…
Key highlights of the article include:
• Examination of current challenges for sustainability in the ICUs and their implications
• Exploration of sustainable practices and their real-world…
Published date
May 2024
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Faisal N. Masud1*, Farzan Sasangohar1, Iqbal Ratnani1, Sahar Fatima1, Marco Antonio Hernandez1, Teal Riley1, Jason Fischer2, Atiya Dhala3, Megan E. Gooch1, Konya Keeling‐Johnson1, Jukrin Moon4 and Jean‐Louis Vincent5
*UPDATED FOR 2023*
The calculator has now been updated with the latest GHG emission factors for 2023. If you are estimating travel emissions from a project for the year 2022 you can still access the…
Here is a template role description for a Kidney Community Green Ambassador. It includes a draft advert and ideas on ways to involve patients’, families’, friends’ and carers’ views on changes staff…
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May 2023
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Ali Lawrence, Patient Ambassador, UKKA Sustainability Committee Action Learning and Education workstream
Please link to these resources developed by CSH as part of the SusQI Education project with the support of; Health Education England, Kings College London and the Health Foundation.
The resources…
