On the 16th April at 5pm we will be hearing from our Greener Palliative Care Award winners, as well as from Dr Max Watson and Rachel Stancliffe, as we celebrate and reflect on progress in Greener…
I found this article provides a positive framing of rational use of healthcare. It proposes proactive approaches to stop ineffective or harmful interventions, and as much celebration of the benefits…
Hi,We are currently having to cover all our instrument trays with costly (22p /each) bags to transport the used instruments from theatre to CSSD. This is a requirement outlined by CQC as we don’t have…
Hello!We are evaluating the carbon footprint of our team's structured medication reviews for a large cohort of frail people living in care homes (we see about 1500 residents a year) and eventually…
Hello all,We currently have an Oxy'Pharm device (Nocospray 2) that we use for fogging rooms in our hospice. Oxy'Pharm will not sell us only one bottle of Nocolyse (hydrogen peroxide); we need to buy a…
Dear all,Thank you to those who were able to attend our learning session this morning. We know there's never a good time for everyone, so please find the recording of the meeting…
Dear all,A reminder we are welcoming Dr Forbes McGain to speak to us about life cycle analysis this Monday 15th December at 8am.Dr McGain is the author of:The Environmental footprint of morphine: a…
This question is posted on the N&MW network...Would welcome your expertise on this? Are clean hands more important?Hello,I have a question regarding the use of a plastic disposable blue aprons for…
Dear all,Last week Paul Fraser (one of our co-leads) led a session at the Hospice UK conference, where we heard from two of our Greener Palliative Care pilot sites, and had a great discussion with…
Are you interested in making infection prevention and control more sustainable? Are you a healthcare professional, patient, student, academic or someone else with a vested interest in…