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PPE expiry dates and waste

Created on
21 Oct 2022
by
Iona Sinclair
Hi everyone, I was recently alerted (as the office eco warrior) by our Infection Prevention and Control Lead that a bunch of our unused single-use PPE items (mainly visors) had gone 'out of date'.…
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SLT susnet Networking event!

Created on
16 Oct 2022
by
Rachel McLean
Exciting news! We’re hosting our second networking event onTuesday 6th December,7-8pm BST. We’d love to meet with anyone working in SLT (anywhere in the world!) who has an interest in…
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BCHC Paediatric SLT sustainability project - help needed for more sustainable PPE/equipment & reducing plastics!

Created on
10 Oct 2022
by
Rebecca Joseph
Hi everyone We are a small group from Birmingham Community Healthcare Paediatric SLT team who have started a project to look at simple steps in making SLT care sustainable and more in line with the…
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New 'Making Every Contact Count' Toolkit now available 

Created on
26 Sep 2022
by
Fiona Bush
Health Education England have announced a new MECC toolkit to improve our knowledge of Making Every Contact Count and I would encourage you all to undertake this. The Long TermConditions and…
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SLTs, social prescribing and sustainability

Created on
18 Jul 2022
by
Sivan Coleman
I attended an exciting AHP Sustainability Networking event last week that got me thinking about a lot of things but in particular social prescribing. Social prescribing can be considered…
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URGENT - GMC consultation on changes to GMP guidance - ends 20th July

Created on
14 Jul 2022
by
Hayley Pinto
The GMC consultation on changes to Good Medical Practice guidelines closes on the 20th July. Please take the time to respond to this.Take part in the Good medical practice consultation - GMC…
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Announcing our first networking event

Created on
29 Jun 2022
by
Iona Sinclair
Exciting news! We’re hosting our first networking event on Tuesday 13th September,7-8pm BST. We’d love to meet with anyone working in SLT (anywhere in the world!) who has an interest in…
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URGENT! GMC Good medical practice consultation

Created on
29 Jun 2022
by
Hayley Pinto
The GMC is currently consulting on updates to the Good medical practice guidelines which will then be fixed for another five years. Given the urgency of acting on the climate crisis we therefore need…
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What can I do?

Created on
21 Jun 2022
by
Iona Sinclair
I recently came across this chart from the World Health Organisation (in their Environmentally sustainable health systems: a strategic document), and it got me thinking… what can I do? When thinking…
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Free journal club 15 June: Minimizing carbon and financial costs of steam sterilization and packaging of reusable surgical instruments

Created on
10 Jun 2022
by
Catherine Floyd
The next paper to be discussed at the Planetary Healthcare Journal Club is Chantalle Rizan'srecent“Minimizing carbon and financial costs of steam sterilization and packaging of reusable surgical…