by Eric Robertson | Nov 5, 2021 | AI, robots & digital health, Clinical Practice, Environmental Sustainability
Recently, you may have seen the widely published editorial in hundreds of health journals calling for emergency action on climate change. While the focus of that editorial was primarily external to healthcare, calling on governments to do more overall, we would be...
by Lisa Newington | Sep 13, 2021 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Sustainability
Over the last decade, many of us have been making the move to a more sustainable way of living. Small incremental steps that collectively add up. Think of the re-fillable coffee cups, tote bags, and widespread shunning of single-use plastic. Consider the food waste...
by Len Kiroplis | Jul 4, 2021 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Sustainability
The plastic crisis has concerned us for decades as both landfilled and incinerated waste continue to pollute the environment and pose health risks to humans and wildlife. With packaging of all sorts being the main source of plastic pollution that is clogging the...
by Annie Palstam | Apr 22, 2021 | Environmental Sustainability, Physiotherapy Research, SDGs
It is about time physiotherapists realize our potential as a profession that could make vital contributions to sustainable development, in healthcare and in society as a whole. Global environmental changes, such as climate change and loss of biodiversity, greatly...
by Srishti Banerjee | Nov 4, 2020 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Sustainability
Healthcare systems have a significant carbon footprint generated through basic infrastructure, medical diagnostic and surgical procedures, as well as patients post-operative hospital stays. There is a growing body of research across various countries looking to...
by Sarah Cooper | Oct 20, 2020 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Sustainability
In January 2020 Sir Simon Stevens the chief executive of NHS England and Improvement detailed a commitment to a Greener National Health Service (NHS). The NHS is the largest employer in Britain and is responsible for approximately 4% of the carbon emissions of the...
