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A sustainable clinical blood sample transport systemThis project was completed as part of the 2025 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH) Green Team Competition,…
Reducing patient travel by providing “same day” ultrasound and nuclear medicine appointments. This project was part of the 2025 Green Team Competition at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital…
Very pleased that this paper is out. Unnecessary diagnostic specimens can contribute to the large carbon footprint of our services. They add little or no clinical value to patient care and can even…
The toolkit was compiled by the Joint BASHH/BHIVA Sustainable Healthcare Special Interest Group and is co-badged by The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.It is designed to spark change within your…
Published date
April 2025
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Sustainable Health Special Interest Group (Joint BASHH/BHIVA)
Project completed as part of the National Green Maternity Challenge 2024-25 by the NHS Orkney team.Team members:Lauren Flett, Senior Charge MidwifeMichelle Mackie, Lead MidwifeMonique Sterrenburg,…
Project completed as part of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Green Team Competition.
Team members: Phillippa Mackenzie and Yasmin Dolin, Speech and Language Therapists
Setting / patent…
Published date
May 2024
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Phillippa Mackenzie and Yasmin Dolin, Speech and Language Therapists
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)
Aims: Clinical laboratories play a vital role in healthcare, yet their operations contribute to resource consumption, waste generation, and greenhouse gas emissions. The need for sustainable practices…
Open access article looking at the patient, hospital and environmental cost of unnecessary bloodwork in general surgery inpatients at Vancouver General Hospital.
The article estimates the carbon…
