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Oxford SSM in Sustainable Healthcare - case study posted

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Wednesday, 9 May 2012 - 12:48pm

Two final year medical students in Oxford took part in a two-week special study module (SSM) on “Sustainable Healthcare” in 2011-12. The students each chose to focus on one of the four dimensions of sustainable healthcare identified by the Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE) Network, and undertook a related project.

Respiratory Medicine: High Quality, Low Carbon

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Tuesday, 17 April 2012 - 10:05pm

On the 23rd of March I was lucky to be among a group of respiratory professionals, representatives from primary care, nursing, academic and the pharmaceutical industry as we came together to discuss how Respiratory medicine contributes, and can help to reduce the carbon footprint of the NHS.

Medical student reports on Whittington Hospital Green Week

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Emily

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Wednesday, 28 March 2012 - 10:06am

Now that the much-feared medical finals are out the way, done and dusted, I have an opportunity to venture into pastures new and spend some time in the form of a Special Studies Module discovering what Sustainable Healthcare is all about. I seem to have timed my SSM just right (there’s a first time for everything!) to take in Climate Week! Whittington Hospital is marking the occasion with a Green Wards Competition, and I popped in to check out progress.

Should World Kidney Day be every day?

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Frances

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Thursday, 8 March 2012 - 8:50am

Happy World Kidney Day! A day for raising the importance of healthy kidneys everywhere. Prevention is of course the greenest form of healthcare, and WKD is a great initiative. But with 50,000 people in the UK who have end-stage renal failure, there is clearly more to do. So what role does the kidney care community have in stopping new patients from coming through the doors?

Hot off the Press - New publications from CSH

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Tuesday, 6 March 2012 - 3:58pm

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is pleased to announce the publication of 'Greenspace Design for Health & Well-being', a new practice guide for the creation of healing environments and a new set of information leaflets for the recently launched Outer Space project

90% Less: why greener healthcare is leaner healthcare

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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 - 1:22pm

Our conference organized in partnership with The Thames Valley Health Innovation and Education Cluster is taking place on 24th February 2012. The day offers a great opportunity to find out about the most recent developments in sustainable healthcare including a launch of the emergent research agenda from The King's Fund. Experts will outline the major issues before looking in depth at some of the available solutions including how to cut medicines waste, benefits of greenspace, patient and staff engagement and active transport.

Consultation on Health Workforce action on social determinants of health

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Frances

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Friday, 13 April 2012 - 5:19pm

The Institute of Health Equity (IHE) is consulting on a draft report exploring actions the Health Workforce can take to positively influence the social determinants of health and tackle health inequalities. Sustainable healthcare is not explicitly mentioned in the draft, and i wondered whether SHE Network members might be interested to respond to the consultation and recommend its inclusion?

Value and Carbon in Respiratory Care

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Tuesday, 13 March 2012 - 12:40pm

Value in healthcare is a recent concept which is being adopted by commissioners and healthcare leaders to focus on treatments which really make an impact to patients, whilst being delivered in an efficient way.

Costing healthcare is a complex area, and carbon costing is becoming more and more relevant. Read on to find out a little more about how the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is looking to help commissioners define value in respiratory care.

Climate Week: Whittington Hospital Green Ward Competition

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Wednesday, 7 March 2012 - 10:12am

"How can we involve clinical departments in our Climate Week?" wondered the team at Whittington Hospital, which has been setting up a series of green events for 12-16 March 2012. The answer: a Green Ward Competition. Five clinical areas - including theatres - are competing for a £500 cash prize to be awarded for the best carbon reduction project.

Innovative Inhaler Recycling Project Expanded

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Ingeborg

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Monday, 30 January 2012 - 2:07pm

In February 2011 GlaxoSmithKline and the Cooperative Pharmacy in partnership with TerraCycle UK launched the first respiratory inhaler recycling programme in Europe. Forty Cooperative pharmacies across South Wales and the South East of England were piloting the programme for an initial six months. While the pharmacies encouraged patients to drop off their inhalers at their branch, TerraCycle UK recycled every element of the inhaler. After proving a huge success, the project was extended to 200 Cooperative pharmacies from November 2011.

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