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Quality improvement (QI) projects are a mandatory part of postgraduate medical training in the UK and graduating medical students must be competent in QI theory. We evaluated an educational toolkit…
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18 Nov 2024 •
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Spooner, R., Stanford, V., Parslow-Williams, S., Mortimer, F., & Leedham-Green, K.
The healthcare sector is a major contributor to climate change and there are international calls to mitigate environmental degradation through more sustainable forms of clinical care. The UK…
There is a pressing need for more sustainable healthcare. UK medical graduates are required to apply social, economic, and environmental principles of sustainability to their practice. The Centre for…
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18 Nov 2024 •
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Clery P, d'Arch Smith S, Marsden O, and Leedham-Green K.
This explores the concept of ‘mental health-sensitive' open space design in urban environments, focusing on Urban Green Blue Infrastructure. It highlights how this design can support mental health,…
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3 Oct 2024 •
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Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Alessio Russo, and Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo
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
In our last edition, we explored the meaning behind 20 buzzwords, which are at the forefront of decarbonization efforts in healthcare. 🌍💚 In this addition, let’s dive into the exciting world of the…
A UK policy paper, focusing on the issue of pharmaceuticals in the environment, calling for 'eco-directed and sustainable pharmaceutical prescribing' as one of the many solutions to reduce…
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24 Jul 2023 •
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: Alejandre, J.C., Stevenson, E.M., Fady, P-E., and Bennett, N
The UK- basedSustainability in Pharmacy Education Group has developed a document which mapsenvironmental sustainability to the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) learning outcomes for the initial…
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28 Jun 2023 •
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Sustainability in Pharmacy Education Group, Pharmacy Schools Council
Project completed as part of the North East London 2023 Green Team Competition by the Limb reconstruction and orthopaedic research departments at the Royal London Hospital (Barts Health NHS…
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25 Oct 2023 •
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Borra, C., Wood, R., Church, D., Hilton, C. and O'Brien, J.
This is a project report which describes the steps taken by the Cardiff Royal Infirmary sexual health department to reintroduce reusable metal specula into their outpatient clinics.
Interim outcome…
