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Sustainability and environment
Explore this section of Nursing Times for the latest policy, workforce and research news on sustainability and environment, plus clinical articles and opinion
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Net zero is ‘opportunity to improve care’, say nurse leaders
Nurses and midwives must lead the push for a more sustainable health service, some of the profession’s most senior figures have said.
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Well-respected health service leader, Dame Jackie Daniel, has announced she will step down from her role as chief executive of Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust later this year.
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A Shropshire hospital says it is now one of the first in England’s NHS to provide free period products for its staff.
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The UK’s future nurses say they are primed to lead the response to climate change from inside the profession.
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The UK’s only Green MP has dubbed the underpaying of nurses "downright sexist", in a fiery speech criticising the poor pay and working conditions in the profession.
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An infection prevention nurse has called on the profession to “ditch the blue roll” that is commonly used to cover examination couches and help improve sustainability in health and social care.
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Nurses and midwives can be “champions of change” when it comes to improving sustainability and tackling the climate crisis, according to one of England’s deputy chief nursing officers.
Clinical
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A sustainable quality improvement initiative showed the beneficial effects of using light therapy for oral mucositis – for both the patient and the environment
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How a tool comparing the impact of clinical products on our planet can influence greener decisions in healthcare to meet the net zero aims of the NHS
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The Green Team Competition is a quality-improvement initiative that helps health professionals consider greener ways of working
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How sustainable care models and quality improvement initiatives, along with options for more sustainable ways to live, are ways of taking action in the face of a climate emergency
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The National Wound Care Strategy Programme’s recommendations aim to improve sustainability and reduce carbon emissions.
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How one university has started embedding sustainability in undergraduate nursing and midwifery…
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Many nurses up and down the country are making positive changes in…
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Making health and care settings more environmentally friendly brings with a unique…