KitNewCare has published the first edition of its newsletter, giving partners, clinicians and the wider sustainable healthcare community a single place to follow the project’s progress, from clinical optimisations to upcoming conferences and free training.

Titled “Four Hospitals, One Mission: Sustainable Kidney Care Takes Shape”, the first issue opens with a look at why KitNewCare exists: dialysis saves lives, but it is also one of the most resource-intensive treatments delivered by health systems, consuming large volumes of water and energy and generating significant waste. The newsletter sets out how the project is working to change that, by measuring the environmental footprint of kidney care, testing practical optimisations across real clinical settings, and building the tools, evidence and training needed to scale sustainable practice across Europe.

The first edition brings readers up to date on several fronts. Under Project News & Updates, it covers the expansion of KitNewCare’s clinical network through new Associate Pilot Sites across Europe, and the story of how four pilot hospitals (in Madrid, Utrecht, Modena and Warsaw) are cutting waste, saving energy and reducing costs without compromising patient care. Under Event Participation, it recaps the project’s presence at the ERA Congress 2026 in Glasgow and a plenary session at CleanMed Europe, where KitNewCare’s experience was shared directly with the wider healthcare sustainability community.

Looking ahead, the newsletter previews two upcoming Kidney Care SusNet webinars (27 August and 24 September 2026) and confirms KitNewCare’s participation at the 8th Nordic Conference on Sustainable Healthcare in Malmö on 1 October, where project coordinator Prof Brett Duane will speak alongside partners from the Danish Technological Institute and BD. It also flags a first look at a joint side event with sister Horizon Europe projects NetZeroAICT and CARING NATURE, with the full story to follow in the second edition.

Rounding out the issue, a Learning Courses section points readers to the free KitNewCare Sustainable Kidney Care Course, now available in four languages, and a Scientific Publications section invites the community to follow the project’s growing collection of outputs on Zenodo ahead of a fuller publications round-up next time.

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