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Dr Leigh Donnelly is the Training and Development Lead for Endoscopy at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Her proactive work to minimise the environmental impact of the endoscopy department…
The project was undertaken within the General Critical Care and Cardiothoracic Critical Care units at UHCW. It focused on critically ill adult patients receiving intravenous medications and antibiotic…
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September 2026
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Dr Katherine Laver, Dr Anthony Harding and Dr Arusa Latif
Project completed as part of University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Green Team Competition.Team membersFaye Ranger – Senior Staff Nurse, Critical CareLaura Robinson – Advanced Pharmacist, Critical…
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March 2026
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Faye Ranger, Senior staff nurse. Laura Robinson, advanced pharmacist Critical care. Dr Charlotte Hall, Critical care registrar. Dr Matthew Beadle, Consultant in critical care
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…
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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
Project completed as part of the South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2024Team membersVivian Ip, Nathan Brown, Alan Chu, Leyla Baghirzada, Joanna Fifen, Esther Ho, Ryan…
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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.…
Disposable gloves are one of the biggest environmental hotspots in hospital, with more than 100 used per patient per day in intensive care. Despite this usage there are many circumstances where glove…
The key to environmental footprint improvement in healthcare and critical care uses the framework: avoiding, reducing, reusing, and recycling without compromising safe, quality care, with simultaneous…
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June 2023
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Heather Baid, principal lecturer, Eleanor Damm, specialty trainee, Louise Trent, intensive care physician, Forbes McGain, associate dean sustainable healthcare
