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The Greener Palliative Care Award provides a framework for progress in environmental sustainability. It uses existing experience and the available evidence to help drive forward environmentally…
Template for submitting evidence towards the Greener Palliative Care Award.Evidence can be given toward the standards in any appropriate way. For example, minutes of meetings, sharing organisational…
Reducing the impact of medicines on the planet: Sharing Practice from the Greener Palliative AwardTopics covered:De-prescribing in palliative careReducing use of plastic during subcutaneous…
Talking with your team about sustainability: sharing practice sessionSharing experience from a variety of settings on how to get your team engaged with environmental sustainability.Speakers: Paul…
The Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare programme has a new sustainable endoscopy module. These eLearning sessions are designed to support staff in improving their knowledge and understanding of…
Published date
August 2025
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Mortimer, F., Barna, S., Ratnapulli, A., Stanford, V., Winkley, E, Fennell-Wells, A., Blackmore, A., Williams, D, Gibbons, S. & Bradshaw, K
Dear all,Thanks to those who were able to join us for the sharing practice session on talking to your team about sustainability. It was a great session with some really useful, practical…
This report outlines the current practice of bronchoscopes use in Cambridge as well as impacts of using reusable bronchoscopes in comparison to single-use scopes. It also includes learning on…
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May 2025
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Katie Sell, Richard Hales, Lina Solanki, Brigid Boultbee, Ruth Jackson
Project completed as part of the 2024 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition.
Team members:
Dr James Kinchen, Consultant Gastroenterologist
Resmi Rajesh,…
Published date
November 2024
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Resmi Rajesh, Charge Nurse, Endoscopy Unit, Edit Szabone Kalmar, cellular pathology operational manager and Dr James Kinchen, Consultant Gastroenterologist
Abstract
The healthcare sector is a significant producer of greenhouse gas emissions. Gases that contribute to climate change include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons.…
