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The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare secured Funding at Pitch Pledge Party

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Ingeborg
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Friday, 14 October 2011 - 2:20pm

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare secured funding at last Monday's Pitch Pledge Party Event for the promotion of retrofitting heat exchangers to kidney dialysis machines throughout the UK to achieve a 20% carbon cut in their emissions. We would like to say a big thank you to the funders,10:10, The Funding Network, The Guardian and all others who have supported us.

Vote for the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare to win £1010 to cut carbon emissions!

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Ingeborg
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Wednesday, 5 October 2011 - 11:05am

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare’s project to support NHS organisations to retro-fit heat exchangers to kidney dialysis machines is one of three projects which are through to the final of the Pitch Pledge Party, a new 10:10 initiative.

Dialysis -greener at home or in hospital?

Posted by:
Tara Collidge
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Sat, 01/01/2011 - 23:00

A carbon footprinting study published this month compares in-centre and home haemodialysis and highlights that the frequency of treatments has a big impact on carbon emissions. Curbing emissions will require the development of lower carbon technologies, sustainable procurement policies and efficient waste management. Read the full article here

New scheme rewards kidney services for green endeavours

Posted by:
Frances
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Tue, 19/10/2010 - 15:13

NHS Kidney Care has welcomed the launch of the new "Green Stars" scheme to encourage kidney units to implement sustainable healthcare.

Not Wasted by kidney patient Andy Williamson

Posted by:
Frances
Friday, 8 October 2010 - 4:10pm

Kidney patient, Andy Williamson, speaks to the Green Nephrology Summit 2010 about the growing realisation of his dependence on finite resources that are being used up with little thought. Meanwhile, the biggest wasted resource is the patient.

Green Nephrology Summit 2010

(Download the Summit report in pdf)

 

Green Nephrology Summit 2010

Birmingham Children's Hospital, 24 September 2010

Green Nephrology Summit - "the greatest untapped resource in healthcare is the patient"

Posted by:
Frances
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Sat, 02/10/2010 - 12:57

The conversation in green nephrology has changed. Though water reclamation, recycling and energy saving are still important, a fly on the wall at last week’s Green Nephrology Summit would have heard just as much about “telephone clinics”, “RenalPatientView*”, “patient self-care”, “shared decision-making”…

Treading Lightly in Green Nephrology

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Simon Daniel
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Saturday, 2 October 2010 - 10:17am

Simon Daniel blogs about his experience as Green Nephrology Local Representative in Bristol.

Green Nephrology Green Stars Initiative

The Green Stars Initiative is part of the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare’s vision for sustainable kidney services. Green Stars provide a way for renal teams to demonstrate their achievements against a set of national criteria.


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Leading the way with Dr Andy Connor

Posted by:
Frances
Friday, 30 July 2010 - 7:43pm

Dr Andy Connor is the first ever Green Nephrology Fellow - working to improve the environmental sustainability of a clinical specialty.  What drew him to apply for the post, and how has he found it working from an (almost) blank canvas?

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