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This report outlines the introduction of a walking aid return and reuse scheme set up at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2025.Issue:Metal walking aids are extremely durable products…

Prescriptions form 60% of the NHS primary care’s carbon footprint. Overprescribing and polypharmacy are common, and worsen quality of care. Appropriate deprescribing is not harmful, can reduce falls,…

Project completed as part of the 2025 Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition.Team membersMark Badham, Clinical Matron.Setting / patient group:26 bedded medical ward.Issue:Single-use scissors are…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location:Brian Gray/ Baltimore, Maryland, United States Issue:MedStar Harbor Hospital (MHH) sits on…

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,…

Well worth a read by anyone involved in prescribing, deprescribing and caring for patients with multiple long term conditions. This NIHR alert is a "plain English" summary of a number of recent…

Project completed as part of the 2024/25 RUH Bath Green Team Competition.Team members:Sister Anuska Glendinning-Cranch, Clinical EndoscopistSetting / patient group: EndoscopyIssue:In healthcare,…

An actionable roadmap to improve medicine utilisation and reduce waste

Project completed as part of the 2024/25 RUH Bath Green Team Competition.Team members: Thea Morgan Anaesthetist RUH, Lauren Brain (Anaesthetist RUH)Setting / patent group: Anaesthetics, day…

Project completed as part of the National Green Maternity Challenge 2024-25 by the Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust.Team members:Perrine Dhaisne - Project Lead Midwife, Professional…