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Awareness about the waste that occurs throughout clinical care is increasing. The wasteful use of clinical resources suggests a need to improve sustainability in health care, given the current context…
Sustainable Healthcare Education—a network of academics, doctors, and health-care students—has developed three simple learning objectives to communicate the links between medical practice and a more…
Published date
November 2014
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Thompson, T., Walpole, S., Braithwaite, I., Inman, A., Barna, S., and Mortimer, F.
The aims of this report are to (1) inform Medical Royal Colleges about sustainability initiatives occurring within other colleges, to (2) share knowledge about college-led sustainability initiatives…
This handbook is about how Nature on Prescription can be used to support people’s mental health, and makes evidence-based suggestions for how to develop and implement a high-quality scheme, in the new…
In 2021 the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) declared a #ClimateEmergency and released aCall to Action for Environmentally Sustainable Practices in the Eye Health Sectoranda…
Published date
March 2021
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The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)
Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Team Competition.
Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatres
Issue to be addressed:
Approximately 23% of carbon emissions from surgery are due…
A fascinating article on the usefulness of lifecycle analyses (LCA) for interventions in dermatology trials. Adding in this element would be a huge step forward in the transparency of the…
The disposal of waste contributes to the environmental impact of healthcare. Kidney care, and dialysis in particular, produces large amounts of plastic and packaging waste. If explored further, the…
