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…
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…
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…
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…
Last year a consortium led by J R of the Masaryk University in Czechia with 4 other partner organisations including ECRIN, University College Cork, the University of Nicosia and Universidade Nova de…
Two recent papers — one inLancet Oncology (Bryant et al., 2024) and one inLancet Planetary Health (Malmberg et al., 2024) — have looked at the environmental impact of how we prescribe checkpoint…
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…
PPE – we use it a lot in our imaging departments, both for radiation protection and infection control. Much of it is single use, and although its carbon footprint may not be as large as other aspects…
We are looking for participants in a research interview about nature and wellbeing at work!We are conducting a pilot research study to better understand how encounters with nature in healthcare…