I was the lead author for an Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Report about wasted use of clinical resources in the NHS. It was launched last month and can be found here. The report states that to…
I’m very happy to be here, at this fantastic Centre for Sustainable Healthcare!I’m a Physician and Professor at a University in Brazil (Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu - FMB / UNESP -…
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Last weekend the Bristol Health Partners hosted an event to encourage innovation. We only discovered this by accident and prepared a quick presentation…
October saw the launch of 'Facing the future: sustainability for Royal Colleges', and the first seminar for Royal Colleges to come together to share their progress on sustainability. The seminar,…
It was very good to switch on Radio 4 last Thursday morning to hear a discussion about whether doctors have an “ethical duty” to prevent waste. The debate was prompted by the launch of a new report…
We all know what it’s like, you feel you are bombarded with emails either requests to attend meetings, answer questions, reiterate information etc. and then there are the ones suggesting you may wish…
Two interesting articles covering aspects of sustainability in last week's NEJM:Time after Time — Health Policy Implications of a Three-Generation Case Study Caroline Sayer, M.B., B.S., and Thomas H.…
On the 1st October we had the first sustainability summit run by a medical royal college in the UK. However, people continue to think that sustainability remains the remit of politicians and…
The British Journal of Renal Medicine has published an article on the opportunities for reducing waste in the delivery of acid for haemodialysis, authored by members of the Green Nephrology…
Dear 'Green' UK ...
This is to let your members know that we launched an update/upgrade of our Australian Green Dialysis website during 'Renal Week', a 5 day meeting that encompassed the 50th…