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The healthcare sector is a significant producer of greenhouse gas emissions. Gases that contribute to climate change include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons.…
Interventions that consider climate change, sustainability, and nature should be integral to health system functioning. Placing sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future offers opportunities to…
For a greener ICU, we call for healthcare researchers to measure the environmental benefits of interventions to limit low-value care, and for healthcare practitioners to increase implementation of…
The article explores sustainable environmental antimicrobial use and four sustainability principles (prevention, patient engagement, lean service delivery, and low carbon alternatives) that infection…
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March 2024
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Sarah Catherine Walpole, Min Na Eii, Tracy Lyons, Catherine Aldridge
The Children and Young Person's version of the guide on How to reduce the carbon footprint of inhalers, key priorities and principles, and has a handy table of inhalers by carbon footprint category.
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March 2024
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Dr Will Carroll, Dr Joanna Kirstin Dykes, Dr James Smith, Dr Rosie Spooner and Dr Duncan Keeley
An information leaflet for people with asthma highlighting indicators of poor control, in particular over-reliance on reliever inhalers (using more than 3 times a week) and the importance of using…
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March 2024
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Scottish Respiratory Pharmacy Special Interest Group
A useful review examinging the environmental impact of dermatology healthcare and explores sustainable solutions such as teledermatology and waste reduction to reduce carbon emissions.
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Robert J Vanaria, Vishnu Bhupalam, Angelica Marrero-Perez, Aysham Chaudry, Nardin Awad, Mark Nestor
Check out this one-page visual guide designed to help healthcare professionals optimise asthma reviews. It integrates greener care into conversations focussed on better care. Reviewed and approved by…
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March 2024
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Dr Aarti Bansal (GP), Carol Stonham (Respiratory Nurse), Dr Katherine Hickman (GP)
