We are looking to hold a virtual event to listen and celebrate the efforts of 5 Radiotherapy departments who have taken part in our regional network sustainability challenge. We are looking for…
A round-up of climate and health news (research, reports, events, jobs) that caught my eye this month. Please do sign up for future emails and/or share it. This month's edition includes:- a policy…
According to Asthma and Lung UK, every September, there’s a rise in the number of children in the UK who go to hospital because of asthma attacks.Some children get out of routine during the summer…
HiI'm interested in what re-useable PPE solutions exist and are working today in nuclear medicine and radiology, and meet current IPC and radiation protection guidelines. Does your centre have a…
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟴𝟬 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆June 2026 was the hottest June ever recorded in Western Europe. Several thousand excess deaths were…
I am interested to find out whether any units collect data regarding the number of patients who receive a blood transfusion whilst on dialysis in order to correct or maintain haemoglobin targets as we…
Problem spaceWhat we prescribe saves lives, but how we prescribe damages the planet. Healthcare accounts for approximately 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and across health systems…
The hospital trust I work for has recently announced plans to widely implement AI ambient voice technology (AVT). Many of us have concerns from a clinical, educational and data governance perspective,…
A recent paper (Jia et al. European Radiology (2026) 36:2186–2197, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-025-12023-z) looks at the emissions caused by medical imaging data storage. Although data storage is…
Here are a couple of useful resources for benchmarking carbon emissions. The Lancet has recently published Lancet MedZero which promises to be a very useful website. Its focus is not currently…