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New Article: Environmental performance indicators for health services management

Created on
12 Sep 2026
by
Patricia de Oliveira Furukawa
I’m pleased to share with you an article presenting environmental performance indicators for the management of healthcare services, validated by experts.I hope it may be useful to the group and…
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Remote Consultations: Do they reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Your Guide to Calculating the Answer - 2026

Created on
8 Sep 2026
by
Matthew Sawyer
The calculator has now been updated with the latest Greenhouse Gas emission factors for 2026.This guide and carbon calculator have been developed by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare. It provides…
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Neonates - making up milk for babies in single patient use jugs/cups

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26 Aug 2026
by
Thomas Cromarty
The neonatal milk team use doner breast milk for babies on the wards. The milk is prepared using one per person plastic jugs and plastic containers. Numbers from stores said about 100 per month - 52p…
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RCOT Sustainability Community

Created on
25 Aug 2026
by
Jacqueline Gordon
Calling all Occupational Therapists in the UK and internationally, students, apprentices and associates, if you are a member of The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) you can join as many…
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Robotic arm surgery for joint replacement_environmental data

Created on
6 Aug 2026
by
Melissa Pegg
Dear Network Colleagues,I am doing some research into environmental impact differences (amongst other outcomes) between manual and robotic arm orthopaedic surgery (partial/total knee and total hip).I…
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2026 Government GHG emission factors

Created on
10 Jul 2026
by
Matthew Sawyer
The 2026 Greenhouse Gas Reporting conversion factors are available at Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2026 - GOV.UK.There are some interesting updates and changes in some of the…
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Sustainable Bamboo Baby Wipes

Created on
29 Jun 2026
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Thomas Cromarty
I received some communication (see below post) from a company that sells sustainable baby wipes (I have no conflict of interest with the company).Just wondering if there have been pieces of work…
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Five years of Greener NHS: improved carbon footprint assessment of the National Health Service in England

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26 Jun 2026
by
Matthew Sawyer
Five years of Greener NHS: improved carbon footprint assessment of the National Health Service in England - The Lancet Planetary Health is an update on the results and and methodology used to…
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MedTech packaging and circularity

Created on
3 Jun 2026
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Matthew Sawyer
Packaging - whether from medical products, MedTech or any where else - is only one element of a whole lifecycle of the product itself. Circularity such as packaging takeback schemes or reverse…