The BMJ has recently published a 5-episode podcast series titled Planet Centred Care, which covers a range of themes related to sustainable healthcare. These include why sustainable healthcare is…
I share with you a recently published article with reflections on the need for health services and professionals implement sustainable actions. I hope you appreciate.
NHSE working with the Health Innovation North West Coast and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust have developed a reproducible process for hospitals to rationalise surgical sets, reducing carbon intensive…
Our next meeting, on Environmental Issues in Prescribing in Palliative Care, will be on Friday 10th November, 1230pm. Teams details at end of this message. We will be welcoming a speaker from Pharmacy…
Has anyone come across evidence of the carbon footprint of end of life care please, especially comparing hospice to hospital and home-based care? I have found a paper on a UK hospice carbon footprint…
In community services we are constantly disposing of scissors through delivery of treatments such as wound care and other procedures due to infection control policies. Not does this have a huge carbon…
Grundon recycling service have launched a nationwide collection and recycling service for metered dose inhalers. See the announcement here and details of the scheme here.
At present the scheme is…
The CQC Medicines Optimisation Team has secured funding for research to drive innovation and accelerate improvement in medicines sustainability. This project will deliver a suite of products to…
Please find here our Palliative Care Sustainability Network September newsletter, including links to slides and recording from our recent meeting on Reducing Plastics in Healthcare.
Final reminder for Reducing Plastics in Healthcare, on Thursday 7th September at midday.
We'll have a presentation from Healthcare Without Harm on their report and progress in this area, followed…