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Case study: a service line analysis of Nottinghamshire Healthcare's carbon footprint.
Service lines provide a means of organising clinical activities and linking expenditure to patient conditions…
Key learning point: Digitalisation of pathology reporting results in significant social as well as environmental and financial savings.
Setting/Patient Group:Dialysis unit
Issue to be…
Created on
27 Sep 2012 •
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Elizabeth Critchley, Renal Unit Deputy Manager, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Key learning point:
The implementation of a virtual Kidney Patient Results Review Monitoring Service for patients demonstrated significant benefits, including a reduction in patient visits to renal…
Created on
1 Jun 2011 •
by
Mel Geall, PRMS Nurse, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Key learning point:
Central Acid Delivery can reduce acid and packaging waste, saving just over 16,000 kg of CO2 annually as well as over £23,000 per year
Setting/Patient Group: Dialysis…
Created on
14 Feb 2011 •
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Andrew Owen, Chief Renal Technologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Key learning point: Recycling waste concentrate water from hospital’s renal unit offers significant water, carbon, and financial savings
Setting/Patient Group: Renal Unit, Lister Hospital
Issue…
Created on
1 Feb 2011 •
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Robert Jones, Property Services Manager, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust