Sustainablity – useful links and resources

Nurses play a pivotal role in advocating for sustainable initiatives within healthcare settings, such as reducing medical waste, implementing eco-friendly practices, and promoting healthier lifestyles to prevent illness. By prioritising sustainability, nurses contribute to a healthier planet and, in turn, healthier patients and communities.

Supporting Sustainability in Community Nursing report

This report was created in 2024 to build a greater understanding of community nurses’ perspectives, understanding, motivations and experiences of sustainable nursing practices.

Read it here. 

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Useful Resources

• Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Green Nursing Challenge 2025
• Royal College of Nursing – Sustainability in Health and Care 
• Royal College of Nursing – Small Changes – Success Stories
• King’s Fund – How should the 10-Year Plan respond to the climate crisis?
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – Environmental Sustainability
• Sustainability in the care sector – UK Care Week
• Sustainability: be the solution – Royal College of Nursing

Published Articles

• New plan for reducing NHS reliance on single-use – Nursing Times
• Net zero is ‘opportunity to improve care’, say nurse leaders – Nursing Times
• It’s not easy being green – a tool for choosing sustainable clinical products – Nursing Times
• Greening the NHS 1: tackling the climate crisis and aiming for net zero – Nursing Times
• London trust to explore recycling masks into other NHS products – Nursing Times
• Gloves off: greener infection control with just one small change – RCN Magazine
• How nurses can reduce waste: ways to be greener at work – RCN Magazine
• Five minutes with… a nurse climate change campaigner – Royal College of Nursing
• Two years on: tackling the environmental impact of PPE – Royal College of Surgeons
• British Journal of Nursing – Towards net zero: reducing the carbon footprint of nursing uniforms

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