BMJ Sustainable Practice article describing the benefits of prescribing pills (tablets, capsules etc) rather than liquid.
Key points:
Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact…
The Clinical guidelines for environmental sustainability in dentistry, which aim to give staff working in dentistry a better understanding of how to make services more environmentally sustainable,…
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10 Jan 2024 •
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Bakar, M.; Duane, B.; Fennell-Wells, A.; Klass, C.
Healthcare and particularly medicines contribute significantly to the NHS carbon footprint and to environmental pollution.
This article discusses significant pharmaceutical contributors, actions…
Project completed as part of the Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition 2023.
Aim:To reduce waste by moving patients medication with them and returning unused medication in a timely manner…
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19 Dec 2023 •
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Claire Williams, Deputy Clinical Pharmacy Manager and Louise Bond, Deputy Lead Medicines Management Technician
This interactiveTangible actions for sustainable healthcaretool in the BMJ is great - it collates articles related to sustainable healthcare in various ways, including by specialty. Lots of examples…
Read aboutJDS Evans Pharmacy in Newport, Wales, the only pharmacy to achieve a gold award as part of the first Greener Primary Care Wales Framework and Award Scheme.
SusQI project completed as part of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTM UHB) and Centre for Sustainable HealthcareIntensive Sustainable Innovation Group Scholar…
The Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Intensive Sustainable Innovation Group Scholar Programme saw six scholars each delivering a sustainable healthcare…
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27 Nov 2023 •
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Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Thedegroeneic.nl website is in Dutch forThe Green ICU partnership in the Netherlands, but Chrome has a translation extension to read the content in English.
This Sustainable Hospital website is a Dutch initiative connecting researchers with expertise in engineering, design and policy (TU Delft); medical sciences (Erasmus MC); operations & technology…