The past decade has seen encouraging commitments from health system leaders, professional societies and industry to identifying environmentally sustainable practices that can be built into the future of healthcare. Making these commitments a reality will require accurate ways of measuring the environmental impact of health interventions, as well as transparent decision-making frameworks to guide how Continue reading “Building environmental considerations into the evaluation of health interventions”
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Greener Maternity Care – Guidance on how to produce a carbon footprint of maternity services
Maternity Care and Climate Change Maternity services are one of the NHS’s high-volume services, with over 673,000 births in the UK in 2022. Each of these will have been preceded by approximately 30 weeks of regular antenatal care and followed up with postnatal care. At the same time, significant inequalities persist in maternal services across Continue reading “Greener Maternity Care – Guidance on how to produce a carbon footprint of maternity services”
Sustainable Procurement in Healthcare
Sustainable Procurement in Healthcare It has been shown that supply chains contribute a significant proportion of the overall impact of our healthcare systems on the environment and to our society and is a focus of effort for healthcare systems globally. But there is a perception that supply chain management isn’t achieving as much as it Continue reading “Sustainable Procurement in Healthcare”
Waste Benefits of a Reusable IoL Inserter in Cataract Surgery
Cataract surgery holds the title of the most frequently conducted surgical procedure globally. In the UK alone, Optegra – a provider of eye healthcare for the NHS – performs an average of 25 cataract surgeries per surgeon daily at each of their ~19 sites. This high volume requires significant daily supply deliveries, increasing the environmental Continue reading “Waste Benefits of a Reusable IoL Inserter in Cataract Surgery”
The Sustainable Healthcare Podcast
We sit down with the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition (SHC) to unpack what it really takes to decarbonize healthcare
Appraisal of Environmental Impact of Hospital Activities at ULS Matosinhos, Portugal
It is recognised that health and care systems are undergoing transformative global change to adapt to the needs of patients and communities, with increasing pressure to be financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. Appraising the sustainability of care pathways is seen as a crucial step to enabling a more sustainable health system. To facilitate the completion Continue reading “Appraisal of Environmental Impact of Hospital Activities at ULS Matosinhos, Portugal”
