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Commercial medicines unit (CMU) contracts

Created on
10 May 2024
by
Emma Vittery
Has anyone had any success in challenging CMU contracts on the basis of carbon footprint? Or formally or informally fedback that this needs to considered more at tender?
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Medicines pots

Created on
10 May 2024
by
Sarah Cowans
Hi all, Is anyone using compostable/paper/cardboard medicines pots in their setting instead of plastic ones? I have a secondary care colleague who is interested in switching over what they give the…
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London Greener NHS Week May 2024

Created on
9 May 2024
by
Minna Eii
The London Greener NHS team will be running a Greener NHS Week, from Monday 13th May 2024 to Friday 17th May 2024. The events are virtual. The Green Week is aimed for healthcare staff to gain an…
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Chemotherapy waste

Created on
8 May 2024
by
Fatima Tahir
I am based in a cancer centre and trying to look at reducing oral chemotherapy waste, by potentially re-dispensing discontinued or deferred oral prescriptions. The waste usually comes from temporarily…
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Can a doctor protest and still be a doctor?

Created on
3 May 2024
by
Marty Climenhaga
Doctors Association UK is concerned about whether doctors should lose their licence to practice if they protest about climate change. Please fill in the survey if you…
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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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Planetary Health Report Card 2024

Created on
22 Apr 2024
by
Nuala Hampson
HappyEarth Day! The 2024Planetary Health Report Cards are released today. Congratulations to UCL, Keele and Queen's University schools of pharmacy who all took part in PHRC 2024.
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Sustainable Placements: Role Emerging and Leadership Placements for Students

Created on
18 Apr 2024
by
Jacqueline Gordon
Greener AHP week has interesting events for educators and students including the great work done on leadership placements to encourage sustainability networks by Helen McAlinney in Yorkshire - come…
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QI ideas wanted! Clinical Net Zero Platform for Primary Care

Created on
16 Apr 2024
by
Nuala Hampson
Greener Practice have secured funding to develop a clinically focused net zero platform to help busy primary care clinicians make changes which are better for patients and the planet! This project…
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Tree Planting and Conservation within Occupational Therapy

Created on
28 Mar 2024
by
Harriet White
Technical instructor in the Occupational Therapy Department, Alex Watkins, spoke to me about some projects he's been leading at Langdon Hospital. Alex initially led projects in the woodworking…