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Social networking sites (SNS) are having an increasing influence on patients' lives and doctors are far from certain about how to deal with this new challenge. In our literature search, we could find…

Awareness about the waste that occurs throughout clinical care is increasing. The wasteful use of clinical resources suggests a need to improve sustainability in health care, given the current context…

Great study from Rizan et al (2021) estimating 'the carbon footprint and financial cost of decontaminating (steam sterilization) and packaging reusable surgical instruments. The study indicateshow the…

Weather systems are likely to become more unstable as global temperatures rise, but could unstable weather have an effect on the development of mental disorders? This blog gives evidence that even…

Abstract: Climate change has been increasingly recognized in the healthcare sector over recent years, with global implications in infrastructure, economics, and public health. As a result, a growing…

The targets of the Climate Change Act are very challenging for the NHS, which means fundamental transformation of clinical practices will be required to meet them.Sustainability in the NHS has mostly…

The evidence regarding community treatment order effectiveness has been conflicting. This systematic review aims to bring up to date the review performed by Churchill and colleagues in 2005 by…

Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Surgery Challenge. Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatre Issue to be addressed: Appendicectomy remains the most performed acute general…

In this review of 49 clinical guidelines from British, Chinese, Indian, Brazilian, Australian, European, German, and US-American medical associations, the authors found keywords related to planetary…

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