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Plastic waste

Created on
23 Apr 2024
by
Sara Martin
Working in theatre we use alot of plastic, especially on the scrub side. I was wondering has any other hospital worked out a safe and environmentally friendly was to recycle these plastics or another…
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Reducing The Environmental Impact Of Head And Neck Radiotherapy Treatment  

Created on
10 Apr 2024
by
Louise Davey-Hewins
Hi all, We are working on a project to reduce the environmental impact of the Head and neck radiotherapy pathway at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre and have created a Patient experience survey to gather…
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Embedding sustainability into paediatric governance

Created on
3 Apr 2024
by
Emma Vittery
Hi all - I am hoping to support our Trust's neonatal team to embed sustainability into governance and practice, through our Trust's 10 step sustainability framework that our fab sustainability…
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HQIP sustainability hero award

Created on
27 Mar 2024
by
Emma Vittery
As part of HQIPs clinical audit hero awards which are now open, there is a sustainability section for all audit/ improvement work with a sustainability focus. Deadline is 5th May with full details in…
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CASCADES Publishes Sustainable Occupational Therapy Playbook

Created on
25 Mar 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis) have published the Sustainable Occupational Therapy playbook, which is available here. This playbook provides background…
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buccal midazolam prescribing

Created on
21 Feb 2024
by
Fraser Scott
2 prongs to this idea 1. reduce prescritions for new patients who don't need it 2. review existing patients who have buccal midazolam: do they still need it; or could it be swapped to epistatus…
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E-Cargo Bikes

Created on
20 Feb 2024
by
Rachel Cottam
Good afternoon, anyone out there using e-Cargo bikes for pharmacy or lab sample transfer? Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is spread across multiple sites and we are looking at less carbon intensive…
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Walking Aids recycle

Created on
20 Feb 2024
by
Rachel Cottam
Good morning Are there any contacts on here that recycle their walking aids and report via NHS recycle scheme. I just have a question about how you record the number you are issuing?
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Air pollution and asthma: Sadiq Khan apology to mother of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah

Created on
2 Feb 2024
by
Emma Vittery
Ella, who died on February 15, 2013, from a fatal asthma attack, was the first person in the world to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death certificate. At an event at City…
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Clean Air & Active Travel

Created on
28 Jan 2024
by
Jacqueline Gordon
Anyone wishing to hear the talk/see the video about sustainable travel and air quality please see in…