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Libraries and sustainability

°ëµºÌåÓý Health Library & Knowledge Services are proud to have signed the . We are committed to embedding sustainability in decision-making around resources and facilities and promoting carbon literacy.

Our plans for the future include:

• Making sustainability a key objective in the library strategy
• Promoting e-Learning for
• Continuing to reduce paper by using online forms such as and
• Using reusable marketing materials to cut down on waste paper
• Increasing our range of online resources such as eBooks and eJournals
• Reducing our use of plastic e.g. stopping the use of plastic library cards
• Saving energy through motion sensor lighting and shutting down PCs when not in use
• Recycling our withdrawn books, either through books sales, donating to other countries, or using Book Rescuing services

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Sustainability in Health Care - Monthly updates

Evidence Update – March 2025

A summary of recent reports, case studies, journal articles, and events.

News

– NIHR’s £25m funding call to decarbonise health & social care is open until 26^th March 2025.

– The latest news and case studies compiled by NHS England

National Nursing and Midwifery Sustainability Network – Join the network’s to find out more about upcoming events and get involved.

Reports/Guides

– updated guidance to help NHS organisations develop their green plans
NHS England, 2025

Bupa / Health Care Without Harm, Feb 2025

Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Jan 2025

– an animated guide to support front line nursing staff
NHS England, 2025

Open Access eBook -

Journal Articles

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, Mar 2025, 102:104-113.

The Lancet Planetary Health, 2025; 9(2):E145-E156.

Endoscopy, 57(2):116-123.

Nursing in Critical Care, 30(1):19-26.

Nature Reviews Urology, 28 Jan 2025.

Journal of Climate Change and Health, 21, Jan-Feb 2025, 100366.

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 30 Jan 2025.

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 26 Jan 2025, 101840.

BMJ Mental Health, 15 Jan 2025.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 483(1):7-19.

Events / CPD

Green Plan guidance drop in sessions:

Friday 7 March, 9.30am-10.30am –

Tuesday 11 March, 2pm-3pm –

Friday 21 March, 2pm-3.30pm –

Upcoming webinars in March on promoting healthier menus and minimising food waste.

– Provided by NHS Supply Chain, 13 March, 12pm-12.30pm.

– Monthly webinars from the South East Greener NHS team.

Various courses designed for health professionals, educators, sustainability and estates managers

Online programme via the NHS Learning Hub

Tools / Resources

27 e-books on sustainability provided by NHS England. required.

An online resource from the Nursing Network at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

An initiative from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine to measure and reduce the environmental impact of Emergency Departments.

Creative activities, programmes and workshops.

For help accessing full-text articles, or to request an in-depth search, please contact fhft.frimleyhealthlks@nhs.net