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Greener Smiles with Digital Scanning: Transforming orthodontic care with intraoral scanning for a sustainable future.Project completed as part of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) Green Team…
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
This review highlights critical knowledge gaps about polymer waste and pollution in oral healthcare clinics. The variability of study designs limited the feasibility of meta-analysis. Current evidence…
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
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…
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May 2024
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Phillippa Mackenzie and Yasmin Dolin, Speech and Language Therapists
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.…
Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Green Team Competition.
Team members
· Sue Broughall - Endoscopy Compliance manager
· Theresa Passmore -…
Published date
March 2024
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Sue Broughall - Endoscopy Compliance manager, Theresa Passmore - Endoscopy Manager, Patricia Ojo - Endoscopy Junior Sister
SusQI project completed by the Dentistry team as part of The North East London Health & Care Partnership Green Team Competition, 2023.
Summary:
Video and telephone consultations were…
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November 2023
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Zahra Shehabi, Consultant in Special Care Dentistry and Alessandra Booth, DCT2 in Dental Public Health
SusQI project completed by the Dentistry team as part of The North East London Health & Care Partnership Green Team Competition, 2023.
Summary:
The acquisition of manual dexterity and…
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November 2023
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Zahra Shehabi (Consultant in special care dentistry), Alessandra Booth (dental care trainee & academic fellow), Giulia Pintaritsch (4th year denatl student)
