RCP Medicine Podcast Episode 64: Sustainability and climate change – why should physicians be interested?
Listen to Dr Mark Harber (RCP special adviser on healthcare sustainability and Consultant Nephrologist at the Royal Free Hospital) and Dr Rebecca Kuruvilla (RCP clinical education fellow and Clinical pharmacology/GIM registrar) discuss why sustainability is an issue that all clinicians working in the NHS need to be concerned about. They also discuss simple ways healthcare workers can have an impact on climate change in their day-to-day practice. Below are links to some of the documents discussed during the podcast:
Links
- Greener NHS plan website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/greenernhs/
- Greener NHS – case studies https://www.england.nhs.uk/greenernhs/whats-already-happening/
- 12 things we can do as individuals to become greener
- RCP view on healthcare sustainability and climate change
Funding
This podcast has been made with an educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Limited (“BMS”). BMS has had no input or involvement in the design, development or content of the podcast whatsoever.
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Music:
Episode 50 onward - Bensound.com
Episodes 1 - 49 'Impressive Deals' - Nicolai Heidlas