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A video, for patients, emphasising preventer inhaler adherence. It explains what asthma is, how preventer inhalers and reliever inhalers work and reframes reliever inhalers as ‘rescue’ medication.
We are very pleased with the progress being made on anaesthetic nitrous oxide mitigation happening across the UK, ROI and internationally.
For those who have not seen the recording of the launch…
A panel of experts explore environmental sustainability issues in anaesthesia practice and discuss the opportunities for research and innovation, such as collaborating with non-medical researchers,…
Marc Beaumont, sustainability lead from Hull University teaching hospital explains how his multi-disciplinary team achieved an 87% reduction in their Entonox emissions with an additional cost saving…
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16 Aug 2023 •
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Marc Beaumont, Head of Sustainability, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH)
I am an anaesthetist and recently visited the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare while on sabbatical. Thank you to Rachel and Frances for meeting with me. I have attached a copy of a behaviour change…
If you are wondering what sustainability means for mental health care, take a look at this short 3-minute film. RCPsych Research Fellow in Sustainability 2013-15, Dr Daniel Maughan, based at the…
The continued use of metered-dose inhalers in respiratory care will have a potentially catastrophic effect on global warming if production is not controlled, largely because these inhalers use potent…
Vince Mak's talk presents an important opportunity to reduce environmental harm from use (and over-use) of respiratory inhalers, which have a huge carbon footprint due to the use of HFC propellants:Dr…
This poster demonstrates the economic cost and carbon footprint associated with current patterns of prescribing long term Flupentixol Decanoate depot injections. Results suggest that over £500,000…