The Green Nephrology Network brings together patients, clinicians, renal technicians, industry partners - and anyone else interested! - to share ideas for sustainable kidney care. Please join us - register via the link on the right of this page.
"Kidney care is an outstanding example of how a community of professionals and patients can not only talk about sustainable ways of prevention and care but actually start doing it." Dr David Pencheon OBE, Director, NHS Sustainable Development Unit
Donating Made Easy
News Article Ingeborg 03/05/2012 - 2:45pm
Some of you have asked whether you can donate money to help our work. We have always accepted cheques, but The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) has now signed up to Just Giving to make it easier for you to donate small amounts on a regular basis.
CSH is a very small charity, and funding for our core costs is entirely provided by donations and project-focused support. You can help us work to safeguard the future of health and healthcare by contributing to our funding. Please take 5 minutes to donate - any amount will help! Thank you.
Hot off the press: the Kings Fund Reports on Sustainable Healthcare
News Article Andy 22/03/2012 - 9:30pm
The Kings Fund has published two papers on environmentally sustainable health and social care. Both reports are based on a literature review and stakeholder consultation carried out by The King’s Fund on behalf of the National Institute for Health Research and the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
NHS Sustainability Day - 28th March: five ideas for kidney units
Blog Article Frances 21/03/2012 - 6:26pm
Next Wednesday is NHS Sustainability Day.
NHS hospitals, clinics and wards everywhere will be raising awareness and taking action to reduce carbon and promote health - we want the Green Nephrology Network to join in!
Here are our top suggestions for kidney units and kidney staff, from energy audits to prescribing exercise in hypertension...
Should World Kidney Day be every day?
Blog Article Frances 08/03/2012 - 9:50am
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?
90% Less: why greener healthcare is leaner healthcare
Blog Article Ingeborg 25/01/2012 - 2:22pmOur 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.
The Zero Waste Challenge for 2012
News Article Frances 23/01/2012 - 1:44pm
All the units in the Green Nephrology Network are challenged to join in the Zero Waste Challenge 2012 - and let us know how much money and carbon they are saving by the end of the year!
Green Nephrology update Christmas 2011
Blog Article Frances 19/12/2011 - 12:24pm
2011 has seen launch of the online Green Nephrology Network, new case studies from local units (together saving over £160,000 and 214 tonnes of CO2e each year!), sustainable procurement pilots in 3 services, and more...
Cost Saving Strategies for Renal Service Delivery
Blog Article Ingeborg 11/11/2011 - 2:29pm
Cost Saving Strategies for Renal Service Deliveries is promising to be an exciting case study driven one day event. The study day will take place on 1st December 2011 in London Paddington looking at how to save costs without reducing the quality of renal services. If you are working in an environment where cost savings have to be achieved, yet quality of care cannot be allowed to slip, then book now.
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare secured Funding at Pitch Pledge Party
Blog Article Ingeborg 14/10/2011 - 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!
Blog Article Ingeborg 05/10/2011 - 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.
