Pharmacy Sustainability Network

A QI project investigating the practicalities of collecting used inhalers returned from wards

An information leaflet for people with asthma highlighting indicators of poor control, in particular over-reliance on reliever inhalers (using more than 3 times a week) and the importance of using…

Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition. Team members • Dr Kay Stewart Consultant in Palliative Medicine • Dr Hayley Evans SpR in…

Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition. Team members • Tim Orr (Consultant Anaesthetist) • Caroline Dalton (Recovery Lead…

UK retrospective, cohort, healthCARe-Based envirONmental cost of treatment (CARBON) study estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the UK associated with the management of well-controlled versus…

In this Australian study, 164 undergraduate pharmacy students responded to an online questionnaire exploring their knowledge and attitudes towards environmental sustainability and environmentally…

Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Green Team Competition. Team members Janeme Lam, Renal specialist pharmacist Shelley Rossiter, Renal ward…

An overview of current activity and future plans to optimise sustainability within community pharmacy in the UK

What you need to know: - Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact compared with an equivalent dose of liquid medication, with less packaging and less wasted medicine - Pill swallowing…

Inhaler optimisation consultation guide