Introduction by Croakey: Many lessons from local, national and global efforts to improve healthcare sustainability were shared at the Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum, held recently on Noongar boodja in Perth.
The forum also put the spotlight on climate governance in health organisations, the cultural determinants of health, and the importance of Indigenous knowledges.
As part of Croakey Conference News Service coverage of the forum, we can report that the financial value of the #GreenHealthForum23 tweeting has been estimated at almost $30,000, according to a Tweetbinder analysis.
The forum was co-organised by the Climate and Health Alliance, the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Network and Western Australia Sustainable Development Unit, and hosted by South Metropolitan Health Service.
Remy Shergill and Layla Humphreys from CAHA live-tweeted the forum discussions while guesting at Croakey’s rotated X/Twitter account @WePublicHealth, and a summary of her extensive reporting follows below.
Tweets by Remy Shergill and Layla Humphreys
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Sustainable healthcare resources
@cascades_en has put together a comprehensive set of amazing toolkits to help guide health professionals to integrate sustainability into their work:
- Sustainable Primary Care Toolkit
- Outline of 10 key areas for climate action in healthcare
- Guides to “Climate Conscious Inhaler Practices”, one focused on inpatient care and the other on outpatient care.
Sustainable healthcare case study: @western_health midwives implemented a ‘Green Maternity Intervention’ which resulted in a 71% drop in clinical waste and 48% drop in waste mgt costs
“Dedicated sustainability champions among clinical staff – with allocated time to take on the role – was critical in encouraging behavioural change. With appropriate support, midwives can drive behavioural changes that reduce the CO2 footprint of the ward,” said @ProfLindaSweet.
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Introductions and national policy news
The Croakey Conference News Service covered the forum – see here for previous related articles.
For more details on the Twitter coverage, see according to this Tweetbinder analysis.
