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Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: Professor Mary Lynch/UK/Republic of Ireland/University of KwaZulu-Natal
Issue:The KwaZulu-Natal…
This Sustainable Hospital website is a Dutch initiative connecting researchers with expertise in engineering, design and policy (TU Delft); medical sciences (Erasmus MC); operations & technology…
*please note: this article is behind a paywall*
Abstract
The US Environmental Protection Agency Resource Conservation website begins: “Natural resource and energy conservation is achieved by…
Determining the carbon footprint of specific health care activities such as cataract surgery allows the assessment of associated emissions and identifies opportunities for reduction.
This is the…
Dissertation by Caroline Tomes, reading for MPhil in Public Health, University of Cambridge 2010-11. (Thesis supervised by Stefi Barna, University of East Anglia)
Objective: Climate change has been…
Podiatrists have a shared responsibility to work and live as ‘green’ as possible, and to share this message
with patients. Reducing waste, physically and in the form of unnecessary treatment, and…
Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Green Team Competition.
Team members
· Sue Broughall - Endoscopy Compliance manager
· Theresa Passmore -…
Published date
March 2024
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Sue Broughall - Endoscopy Compliance manager, Theresa Passmore - Endoscopy Manager, Patricia Ojo - Endoscopy Junior Sister
Article Summary:Priority setting in health care is a research and practice area at the intersection of medicine, ethics, and economics, which aims to systematically and transparently evaluate the…
Published date
December 2025
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Anand Bhopal, Martin Hensher, Andrea J MacNeill, Ole F Norheim, Jodi D Sherman, Craig Mitton
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…
