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This questionnaire, developed by dialysis nurse Mary Thomson in Fife, has been used to raise awareness and gather staff views on recycling at home and at work. You are welcome to borrow and adapt it…
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A simple code created and introduced in under an hour offers financial, electrical and carbon savings by automatically switching off PCs after a period of inactivity. With no…
Published date
January 2010
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Dr Jamie Traynor, Consultant Renal Physician, NHS Lanarkshire
A Green Nurse role was established to promote awareness and education on environmental issues in the workplace and minimize landfill waste and inappropriate clinical waste.
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Although an upfront expense, upgrading older water treatment systems offers significant environmental and financial savings. Furthermore, the upgrade saves nursing time and…
Published date
November 2009
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Andrew Owen, Chief Renal Technologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The first Green Nephrology Summit took place on 25 February 2009. It was a day of discussion, learning and planning, which explored a new vision for kidney care in the future, and brought together a…
The Lancet Global Health blog article titled 'Healthcare professionals: reduce meat consumption to tackle climate change and improve public health'.
Article is found on page 367 of linked document…
This handbook was written forNHS Greater Glasgow and Clydes but provides useful information for anyone wanting to 'green' up their clinical practice!
It will help give you the tools to:
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This report measures the economic impact of Wellspring Healthy Living Centre's Social Prescribing Wellbeing Programme for low level mental health issues encountered by GP services
