Emily Stevenson
Public Health Registrar
NHS
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Emily Stevenson posted an update in the group Sustainable Healthcare 4 years, 7 months ago
Can anyone point me in the direction of a resource which provides numbers for
the environmental costs of investigations such as x-rays and ultrasound
scans. I’m trying to demonstrate the environmental costs of a patient pathway
and the financial/social/environmental savings of cutting out the unnecessary
appointments and investigations. I’ve been…Read more -
Emily Stevenson joined the group Sustainable Healthcare 4 years, 7 months ago
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Emily Stevenson became a registered member 4 years, 7 months ago
Hi Emily
Sounds like a really good thing to be doing. My guess is there would be a greater cost for all reasons in getting the patient there ie appointment letter, travel, parking, time etc than from the energy use of the Xray/ultrasound itself.
I did see this though…Read more
This sounds like a great piece of work and something I have started looking into. I have been looking at different companies and havent found much.. Be really interested to share and work together if you want to?