The Library
The use of carbon footprinting studies to determine the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the provision of aspects of renal healthcare within the National Health Service
Tools
Connor, Andrew (2011) The use of carbon footprinting studies to determine the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the provision of aspects of renal healthcare within the National Health Service. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
|
HTML
WRAP_THESIS_Connor_2011.pdf - Submitted Version Download (2482Kb) | Preview |
Official URL: http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/record=b2569163~S1
Abstract
Climate change presents a major threat to global health and will further exacerbate the health
inequalities that exist internationally. However, the provision of healthcare results in considerable
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and is therefore contributing to climate change itself.
Meanwhile, the integration of strategies to address climate change into global health efforts will
realise health co-benefits. Meeting the challenging carbon reduction targets set within the NHS
will require an improved understanding of the GHG emissions association with different forms of
healthcare. This thesis explores the environmental impact of the provision of renal medicine
services within the United Kingdom, placing a particular emphasis upon GHG emissions.
The approach required, and the opportunities that exist, to reduce the environmental impact of
renal medicine services are first explored through a review of the existing literature and a survey
of the current practices of renal services in England, Scotland and Wales. A study, adhering to the
principles of PAS2050, of the GHG emissions attributable to an individual renal service is then
reported. This is the first assessment of the carbon footprint of an individual specialty service to
include both direct and indirect GHG emissions. Consideration is given to how the results might
inform carbon reduction strategies. Indicative carbon burdens for outpatient appointments and
inpatient admissions are derived in order to facilitate future modelling of the emissions
attributable to different clinical pathways of care. A second study, in which the GHG emissions
attributable to different forms of an individual treatment (haemodialysis) are determined, is then
presented. Finally, four case studies of good environmental practice within renal medicine,
identified from the earlier literature search and survey, are presented in the context of the results
of these studies.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Medical care -- Great Britain -- Environmental aspects, Great Britain. National Health Service -- Environmental aspects, Nephrology -- Environmental aspects, Greenhouse gas mitigation | ||||
Official Date: | July 2011 | ||||
Dates: |
|
||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Warwick Medical School | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Lillywhite, Rob ; Cooke, Matthew, MB ChB | ||||
Sponsors: | NHS Kidney Care | ||||
Extent: | xxi, 270 leaves : ill., charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year