Don't forget to register for the Green Nephrology Summit, taking place at Guy's Hospital in London on Wednesday 25th September.
This is the yearly get-together of the Green Nephrology Network,…
Interesting to see this case study from Barts - lots of money saved by simple energy saving, but staff only changed behaviour after the link to patient experience was made, e.g. close doors to improve…
Anna Watkinson-Powell has written a great blog on the Climate and Health Council Website describing the run up to the student's passing a climate change resolution. No 1 is for the inclusion of…
What will kidney care look like in 10 or 15 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS? Will patients still travel three times a week to access dialysis, or cover hundreds of miles to…
College of Occupational Therapists 37th Annual Conference, Glasgow SECC These reflections on the COT Annual Conference in Glasgow have been delayed by me having had to take some unexpected time off…
Improving Chances
We have a theory that the food waste containers we have in our kitchens are a breeding and incubation area for nasty bacteria that is harmful to patients with a low immune…
This is my first blog as the Royal College of Psychiatrists Research Fellow in Sustainability.The announcement of my appointment to this fellowship was made in April’s edition of the RCPsych…
Following a two-stage national consultation, priority learning outcomes have been agreed for the inclusion of environmental sustainability in medical education.Three priority learning outcomes for…
Does anyone have experience of using powder for local mixing of acid for haemodialysis?
At face value there appear to be significant financial and carbon savings to be made. It would be good to…
There's now afacebook pageandtwitter accountfor September's CleanMed Europe conference - if you use social media, do follow them for new blogs as they published, along with news items and reports.…