Resource library

This article by CSH's Sustainable Surgery Fellow, Chantelle Rizan, and co-authors, providesgreenhouse gas emission factors for the different healthcare waste streams in the…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location: India; Bengaluru, Karnataka Issue: The oral healthcare sector, despite contributing…

In December 2021 JDS Evans Pharmacy was successfully selected to enrol in “Greener Primary Care '' pilot scheme. This is a framework and award scheme in Wales that encourages all sectors of primary…

Background: Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats to human health.…

This is not a new resource (published in 2017) but provides some really thought provoking reading on overdiagnosis, overtreatment and waste, including pharmaceutical waste.

SusQI project completed as part of The 2020University Hospitals DorsetNHS Foundation Trust Green Ward Competition. Team members: Michelle Kirkland (Medicines Management & Accredited Technician) and…

SusQI project completed as part of The 2020 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Green Ward Competition. This project was the competition winner. Project Aims:To reduce the carbon footprint of…

The theme of this first report in the Nordic Know-How series is nitrous oxide destruction. Nitrous oxide substantially contributes to the climate footprint of the healthcare sector. This report…

Honeycomb Dental Clinic is an independent general dental practice in Winscombe, Somerset with a strong environmentally sustainable ethos. The setting is a detached house with 5 surgeries, 1 staff…

This collection of papers from theBritish Dental Journalexplores how dentistry canbe carried out more sustainably and covers topicsincluding procurement, climate change, waste disposal, energy use and…