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SusQI in asthma care

Created on
18 Jun 2024
by
Nuala Hampson
The Pharmacy SusNet online event at 7pm on Wednesday 19th June will hear from Dr Aarti Bansal from Greener Practice on practical tips for sustainable high quality low carbon asthma care. Pharmacist…
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Green Accreditation to Become Compulsory for Wellcome and CRUK Funded Labs

Created on
17 Jun 2024
by
Rachael Ward
The news that green laboratory accreditation is to become compulsory for CRUK and Wellcome-funded labs is a cause for celebration!🎉🎉🎉The CRUK and Wellcome funding bodies are signatories on the newly…
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British Thoracic Societry Position Statement on Sustainability and the Environment: Climate Change and Lung Health

Created on
16 Jun 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) recently published a "Position Statement on Sustainability and the Environment: Climate Change and Lung Health". The BTS explains that this statement "...sets out…
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Advice re biodegradable specimen bags

Created on
30 May 2024
by
lucy thomas
Hi, I am looking for some advice on whether biodegradable blood specimen bags are a feasible option to replace single use plastic ones as I was recently told that they are treated as clinical waste…
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Looking for sustainable haematologists!

Created on
7 May 2024
by
Frances Mortimer
Are there any haematologists interested in sustainable healthcare who would like to connect up with others internationally? We've been approached by international partners looking for UK…
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1 week until our next Sustainable Respiratory Care 'sharing hour' - How can a visual guide support high quality and low carbon asthma reviews?

Created on
23 Apr 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
This time next week, we'll be discussing what we can focus on during asthma reviews with our patients. What will help them understand their condition better, take their preventer inhaler, and use the…
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Call for papers on Sustainable Medicine Use

Created on
22 Apr 2024
by
Nuala Hampson
Call for papers for a special themed issue of the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice on the climate, nature and pollution crises and how more sustainable medicines use can make a…
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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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Recycling schemes for CPAP packaging.

Created on
22 Mar 2024
by
Madeleine Fairweather
As a physiologist I play a significant role in delivering the CPAP service at my Trust. Quite frankly it is terribly wasteful and so for my first post I would like to pose a question: “does anyone…
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My Green Lab Accreditation - Pathology network

Created on
17 Mar 2024
by
Rajeka Lazarus
Hello, NHS England have agreed to fund My Green Lab accreditation for the labs within our pathology network (I think it is West of England). Not sure whether this is a national offer but worth…