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A wide variety of resources are available on the Choosing Wisely website, focused on eliminating unnecessary and unhelpful prescriptions, tests and procedures.
"Choosing Wisely UK is part of a…
"The BMJ’s Too Much Medicine initiative aims to highlight the threat to human health posed by overdiagnosis and the waste of resources on unnecessary care. We are part of a movement of doctors,…
A project I did back in 2019/2020 looking at staff attitudes to sustainability at University Hospital Southampton.
Over 1,100 responses.
Mix of scale answer questions with some free text options…
Project completed as part of the 2019 Royal Devon & Exeter Green Ward Competition. The project was completed by the catering team, who aimed to reduce plastic waste associated with catering…
The University of Westminster has published an excellent explanatory document on social prescription. It's a fantastic end to end resource with explanations of terminology, structures, different types…
This case study was joint winner of the 2013 Green Nephrology Awards.
The project was implemented by a multi professional team, comprising Gary Carlisle (ward manager), David Croft (chief renal…
This project was the winner of the 2011 Green Nephrology Award
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
James Dixon, Trust Waste Officer (and Chair of Sustainability Working…
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1 Mar 2011 •
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James Dixon, Trust Waste Officer (and Chair of Sustainability Working Group), Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) 505 people attend our chronic hospital haemodialysis programme equating to 78,780 resource intensive treatments per year in six renal dialysis units (RDUs).…
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3 Jan 2011 •
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Tara Collidge, Consultant Renal Physician, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Key learning point:
A simple code created and introduced in under an hour offers financial, electrical and carbon savings by automatically switching off PCs after a period of inactivity. With no…
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29 Jan 2010 •
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Dr Jamie Traynor, Consultant Renal Physician, NHS Lanarkshire
A Green Nurse role was established to promote awareness and education on environmental issues in the workplace and minimize landfill waste and inappropriate clinical waste.