PCRS White Paper for Greener Respiratory Healthcare: A Summary

The Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS) believe that by working together we can achieve more environmentally friendly respiratory healthcare. It has identified six key areas that require action by individual healthcare professionals, as well as commissioners, professional organisations and the pharmaceutical industry. 

This PCRS White Paper for Greener Respiratory Healthcare summary provides primary care respiratory clinicians with a concise, 'bite-sized' guide for understanding and actioning greener respiratory healthcare. It complements the fuller PCRS White Paper for Greener Respiratory Healthcare which can be used to access more detailed information and advice in each of the six areas outlined and together these resources give sustainable strategies and approaches to delivering greener respiratory healthcare across the primary care setting. 

We are grateful to Chiesi Ltd for the provision of a grant to support the activities of the PCRS Greener Respiratory Healthcare campaign. The campaign has been solely organised by PCRS and Chiesi Ltd has had no input in the content.
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