Medical equipment and supplies

This project was part of the 2023 Green Team Competition at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust.The team consisted of two diabetes specialist nurses and two diabetes dietitians.Millions…

Tray rationalisation webinar slides, including links to NSHE support tools and the Health Innovation NWC report. See the webinar slides here.

An innovation Agency report for the NHSE sustainable procurement team: Surgical Instrument Set Rationalisation: Understanding the benefits and replicating the process. Read the full report here.

Setting/Patient Group: District General Hospital Issue to be addressed: It was observed that many surgical patients had both anti-embolism stockings (AES) and intermittent pneumatic compression…

This project was part of the 2023 Green Team Competition at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, implemented by colleagues from our care of the elderly wards. Team…

This simple and powerful 1.5 minute video shows the waste created from a single operation and asks if there is another way of doing things.

The South East region has worked collaboratively with a number of SE systems to create a series of patient-facing videos about inhalers. The videos are centered aroundpatient choice;what to expect…

An article for OT News: trying to promote recycling of bathing and toileting equipment in an NHS Trust

Patients receiving enteral feeding in the community require plastics/ancillaries to allow feed to be pumped/bolused via the feeding tube. Multi-use syringes are deemed adequate for use in the…

Article elaborates on the facts, what is currently feasible and the future of sustainability in surgery.