Course: How to Drive Sustainable Healthcare: Educate, Engage, and Empower

The prescribing of a medicine is the most common intervention in the NHS. It is used to diagnose, cure, treat and prevent disease with an annual spend of greater than …

So far we have described our carbon footprint on land, but we must be mindful that the Earth is also know as the “Blue Planet”. It is important to understand …

In this video Professor Ramani Moonesinghe asks you to think about approaching quality improvement projects (QIPS) in a different way. Professor Ramani Moonesinghe is an NHS consultant in Anaesthesia and …

Welcome to out final week in which the underlying theme is empowerment. This week you will: Compare stories from healthcare colleagues who are involved in environmental change projects Asses behaviour …

In week one we looked at the problem of climate change on human and planetary health and the contribution that healthcare is making to the climate crisis. Week two is …

In this short video we will hear from Sian Sutherland, co-founder of A Plastic Planet. She gives an insight into our plastic planet. Click on this link to watch the …

Greenwashing The term “greenwashing” is a blend of “green,” implying eco-friendliness, and “whitewashing,” which means covering up negative aspects! Greenwashing is an example of a deceptive marketing practice i.e. to …

The Greener Healthcare and Sustainability Project (GHASP) was started in 2018 by two Anaesthetic Trainees as the Greener Anaesthesia and Sustainability Project (GASP). Over the years the organisation has supported …

In 2019 Nicola Wilson, Helen Dunn, Amy Leonard undertook a successful “Gloves Off” campaign. In this interview Nicola Wilson will talk through the teams motivations, challenges and successes and top …

Rising global temperatures increase the moisture the atmosphere can hold, resulting in more storms and heavy rains, but paradoxically also more intense dry spells as more water evaporates from the …

Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity In 2016 the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a report showing that just under a quarter of all human deaths …

In this article Dr Aarif Ali will explain what scope greenhouse gas emissions are. Aarif is currently a foundation doctor at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. His time with the …

We hope you have enjoyed the course, although this course is over you are just beginning your journey in environmental sustainability. Below is a list of some of the alliances, …

In this section Dr Rebecca Brinkler will describe some of things that that healthcare professionals are doing in New Zealand to reduce the carbon footprint of healthcare. Rebecca competed her …

At the beginning of week 2 we walked through a patient’s surgical carbon footprint journey together and looked at ways in which we could reduced the environmental impact of his …