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The Care Cycle is a short film that highlights the environmental impact of healthcare by following the "life cycle" of plastic hospital gowns, from oil extraction to disposal / afterlife. Through…
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December 2025
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A film by Eleni Vrettakou and Leidy Karina Gómez Montoya Produced by Lucy Sabin and Florine de Haes Written by Lucy Sabin, Florine de Haes, Eleni Vrettakou, and Karina Gómez Montoya
Education for Sustainable Healthcare: Stories, Strategies, and Solutions from the MSC ESH Alliance is a practical, collaborative open access e‑book designed to help support educators and medical…
Project completed as part of the University Hospitals of Northampton Green Team Competition.Team members:Dr Slater, Consultant Anaesthetist,Dr Lyon, Clinical Fellow Anaesthetics/ITUSetting / patent…
This resource from Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) is part of the‘greener’ pathwaysseries. It highlightsthesteps that can be taken by trusts to decarbonise theelectivehip replacement pathway,…
A recent federal lawsuit in the United States found that Johnson & Johnson's Biosense Webster unit hoarded used devices to interfere with hospital single-use device (SUD) remanufacturing programs,…
This Switzerland-based study evaluated and compared the environmental impacts from surgical and conservative care pathways after an anterior cruciate ligament injury using Life Cycle Assessment; it…
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November 2025
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Polina Boiko, Anne-Violette Bruyneel, Nicolas Ray, Philippe M. Tscholl, Martin K. Patel
This case study outlines the implementation and impact of Theatre Badge Hats-reusable scrub caps with detachable name badges at Musgrove Park Hospital, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Designed to…
Foreword"In 2020, the NHS became the first healthcare system in the world to commit to becoming net zero.This commitment was made in response to the evidence that climate change is no longer a distant…
Norwich Hand Unit Greener Surgery Project. This project was completed as part of the 2025 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH) Green Team Competition but the Hand…
