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Article discussing the environmental consequences of endoscopy work. This considers the amount and type of waste produced as well as the energy required for this branch of healthcare.
This report argues that health organisations in the UK and elsewhere should end investment in the 200 largest publicly-listed fossil fuel companies. Continued investment in these companies runs…
Occupational Therapy Susnet Event: Benefits of Cycling to OT Access VisitsMarty and a colleague used bikes for access visit to assess patient's homes for discharge from hospital. They used the…
Setting/Patient Group: District General Hospital
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It was observed that many surgical patients had both anti-embolism stockings (AES) and intermittent pneumatic compression…
The Health Outcomes of Travel Tool (HOTT) developed by the Greener NHS Team, formerly known as the SDU, supports NHS organisations to quantify the total health impact from travel and transport through…
Co-chairs of the EAT-Lancet Commission, Prof. Johan Röckstrøm and Prof. Walter Willett take you through the ground breaking report in this 'What is a healthy sustainable diet? The Eat-Lancet…
ABSTRACT
High-technology medicine saves lives and produces waste; this is the case of dialysis. The increasing amounts of waste products can be biologically dangerous in different ways: some…