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Jo Frame, Chief sustainability officer's clinic fellow 2022/3 outlines the Greener NHS approach to providing sustainable midwifery care. Please watch this 13 minute talk for more information.
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16 Aug 2023 •
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Jo Frame, Jo Frame, Chief sustainability Officer's clinic fellow 2022/3
Opinion piece on sustainable diets, gaps in online clinical dietary resources and in particular the messaging on iron availability from plant focused diets.
This project was part of the 2023 Green Team Competition at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, implemented by colleagues from our dermatology team.
Team Members:
Simon…
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16 Oct 2023 •
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Tso, S; Williamson, T; Choi, MJ; Seeley, B; Edache, E
This project was part of the 2023 Green Team Competition at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, implemented by colleagues from our Pharmacy team.
Team Members:
Tessa…
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16 Oct 2023 •
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Tessa Dadley (Lead Technician - Procurement & Goods-Receipt), Colin Foy (Pharmacy Operations Manager), Louise Foy-Coley (Lead Technician - Dispensary, Distribution & Training), Sarah Welsby (Lead Technician - Ward-Based Medicines Management)
Key learning point: Simple measures to reduce, reuse and recycle paper resulted in a 75% reduction of paper use, resulting in environmental and financial savings.
Setting/Patient Group: Dialysis…
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10 Apr 2024 •
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Libby Critchley, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Key learning point: Reducing the burden of waste and improving its segregation into appropriate streams for disposal has positive environmental impacts as well as cost savings.
Setting/Patient…
The project was shortlisted for the Green Nephrology Awards 2012. The PDF award entry poster may be downloaded fromhere.
Key learning point: Electricity energy saving in patients homes – with…
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10 Apr 2024 •
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Kevin Gibbs, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
You can find 3 newly created factsheets for patients wanting to eat a plant based diet with CKD stage 1-5 (not having dialysis), dialysis and transplant in the resources section of the Plant-based…
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20 Jul 2023 •
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Angeline Taylor, Plant-Based Health Professionals and the Renal Nutrition Group (RNG)
Key learning point: Digitalisation of pathology reporting results in significant social as well as environmental and financial savings.
Setting/Patient Group:Dialysis unit patient…
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10 Apr 2024 •
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Ian Stott, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Podiatrists, as allied health professionals, have wide community engagement, and hence, can model positive
environmental practices, which may be effective in changing wider community behaviours, as…