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Disposal of used HRT patches and oestrogel pumps

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28 Mar 2024
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Nuala Hampson
Hi everyone I'm doing a bit of fact finding on disposal of HRT products. The UK patient information leaflets forHRT patchesstate the following: Peel an edge of the patch smoothly away from…
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BJOG Themed Issue - Women's and Reproductive Health and the Environment

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26 Mar 2024
by
Amy Manning
Many interesting articles in this issue of the BJOG, Volume 131 issue 5 - Women's Health in the anthropocene - Air pollution, toxic exposure from sanitary products, alteration of sex ratios and…
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CASCADES Publishes Sustainable Occupational Therapy Playbook

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25 Mar 2024
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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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Focus group invitation: Identifying and reducing waste from piped nitrous in the NHS

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22 Mar 2024
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Claudia Rees
I work forUCLPartners Health Innovation Networkas Senior Implementation Manager for Climate, and am leading a project with NHS England to create a comprehensive toolkit to support NHS organisations…
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CSH, RCOG and RCM project on equitable, sustainable maternity care- PPIE recruitment

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19 Mar 2024
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Hazel Walsh
CSH is working with the RCOG and RCM to deliver a project engaging the maternity community in how to make changes to drive more equitable and sustainable maternity care. Our first steps include…
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International Day of the midwife climate webinar

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29 Feb 2024
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Alice Clack
I have just noticed this event being held by The Royal College of Midwives to celebrate the international day of the midwife on Sunday the 5th May. Talk Theme: Midwives: a vital climate…
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British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: The carbon footprint of different modes of birth in the UK and the Netherlands: An exploratory study using life cycle assessment

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29 Feb 2024
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Elizabeth Murphy
Recently published article in BJOG, comments welcome. Birth is common (~140 M births/year worldwide) and, in many countries, a caesarean birth is the commonest major surgical procedure. The…
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The International Confederation of Midwives IDM Theme 2024 Announcement!

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28 Feb 2024
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Rachael Ward
The International Confederation of Midwives(ICM) recognises that midwives are a vital solution in adapting health systems to climate change, and lowering carbon emissions overall. Midwives deliver…
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E-Cargo Bikes

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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

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20 Feb 2024
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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?