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Depression and anxiety are the two most common mental health conditions, that often co-exist and relapse over time. There is a need for sustainable treatment options to address increasing rates of…
The article proposes some ways in which carbon footprints can be used to inform strategy for sustainable healthcare and highlights areas to apply caution.
Published date
September 2024
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Chantelle Rizan, Cassandra Thiel, and Mahmood F Bhutta
Sub-optimally controlled asthma is common, leading to preventable symptoms, asthma attacks and death. This is in part because of normalisation of symptoms, underuse of preventer therapy, overuse of…
Project completed as part of the Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Green Team Competition 2024-25.Team members:Mr Amari Thompson – General Surgery & Chief RegistrarMr Jatinder Singh – General…
Published date
May 2025
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Mr Amari Thompson, General Surgery & Chief Registrar
Technical Case Study
Propellant gases contained in metered dose inhalers are powerful greenhouse gases and approximately 3% of the carbon footprint of NHS Scotland results from these inhalers.…
Project completed as part of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Green Team Competition.
Team members
Vicky Gately, Clinical Band 7 Nurse
Katie Lord, Practice Educator
Ella Johnson,…
Published date
May 2024
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Vicky Gately, Clinical B7 Nurse, Katie Lord, Practice Educator, Ella Johnson, Practice Facilitator, Sophie Jackson, Clinical B7 Nurse
Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Green Team Competition.
Team members
Rachel Tighe (Therapy Radiographer – rachel.tighe2@nhs.net)
Hayley…
Published date
March 2024
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Rachel Tighe (Therapy Radiographer), Hayley Hall (Therapy Radiographer), Deborah Chapman (Therapy Radiographer), Peter Goldie (Radiotherapy Physicist)
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…
Published date
March 2024
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Dr Kay Stewart Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Dr Hayley Evans, speciality doctor, Palliative Medicine
This project was completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition.
Setting / patent group:
Phlebotomy testing for Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic…
Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition.
Team members: Rachel Darling, Health Adviser
Setting / patent group: sexual health outpatient…
