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 de Braga, Portugal”
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Environmental Impact of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
This case study from Sustainable Healthcare Coalition member, Baxter Healthcare Limited assesses the care pathway impacts of four different scenarios for intravenous antimicrobial therapy administration, including delivery to inpatients and three Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) scenarios. The inpatient scenario was found to have significantly higher climate change, water use and waste impacts per patient Continue reading “Environmental Impact of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy”
Appraisal of Environmental Impact of Hospital Activities at St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada
Appraising the sustainability of care pathways is seen as a crucial step to enabling health systems undergoing transformative global change to adapt to the needs of patients and communities, with increasing pressure to be financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. To facilitate the completion of care pathway assessments, it is necessary to generate data that characterises Continue reading “Appraisal of Environmental Impact of Hospital Activities at St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada”
An environmental impact assessment of Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) surgery
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. Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA), Continue reading “An environmental impact assessment of Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) surgery”
SHC Partner Engagement Meetings
2025 – Spring Partner Engagement Meeting held on 29th April
Sustainability of Type 2 Diabetes Management
Novo Nordisk applied the sustainable care pathways guidance to develop a case study on the management of type 2 diabetes. Combining health economics data with environmental impact data available in the guidance it was possible to compare two diabetes management scenarios and assess the environmental trade-off between the increased use of pharmaceuticals to manage the Continue reading “Sustainability of Type 2 Diabetes Management”
Reducing the Environmental Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease Care
Globally, it is recognised that health and care systems are undergoing transformative 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. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Continue reading “Reducing the Environmental Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease Care”
In-centre haemodialysis at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals
In June 2019, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NUTH) became the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a Climate Emergency, recognising that a climate emergency is also a health emergency, and committed to becoming a net-zero carbon organisation by 2040. In response, the Green Nephrology Group at NUTH developed a roadmap with Continue reading “In-centre haemodialysis at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals”
Environmental impacts of poor control and improved control of paediatric asthma by use of intelligent digitally-connected Dry Powdered Inhalers (DPI)
The use of digital technology in asthma treatment is relatively new and is still evolving. It promises to revolutionise the management of the disease. The Sustainable Healthcare Coalition has worked with member company AstraZeneca to produce a study that demonstrates that good asthma treatments, effectively delivered and adhered to, result in reduced environmental impacts.
Environmental Impacts of Seasonal Influenza: A Case Study
Vaccination programmes are used to prevent the transmission of flu, and to reduce the cases and severity of flu in the population, which in turn reduces the burden on healthcare services. Sustainable Healthcare Coalition member, AstraZeneca conducted a care pathway assessment to determine the impacts of treating flu and compare that to the impacts of Continue reading “Environmental Impacts of Seasonal Influenza: A Case Study”
