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Covid-19 and net zero for health
Healthcare should not cost us the Earth
BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4289 (Published 06 November 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;371:m4289
- Ruth Bennett, specialty trainee year 3 in plastic surgery,
- Jane Maraka, specialty trainee year 6 in plastic surgery
- University Hospital of North Durham, Durham DH1 5TW, UK
- ruth.bennett3{at}nhs.net
The NHS announcing, during the covid-19 pandemic, its ambition to become the world’s first net zero emissions health service before 2050 is admirable.1 Although the pandemic has given us opportunities to reduce our carbon footprint, such as the rise of telemedicine,2 it has also placed some hidden environmental challenges on the NHS.
One cannot overlook the vast quantities of personal protective equipment (PPE) now required in excess of pre-covid levels. The …
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