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Are you confident in teaching patients how to use their inhalers? The first step in improving environmentalsustainability of inhaler use is to ensure that people use the correct technique to get the…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location:Andrea Wnuk, Kate Meffen - British Columbia/Canada
Issue:Clinical service delivery within the…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location:Sophie-Mai Wilde / Yorkshire, England
Issue:Often some medication can be over-used leading to…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location:Sophie-Mai Wilde / Yorkshire, England
Issue:Walking aids have been identified as being in the top…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members
Elena Grossman, MPH, Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD, Marie Heffernan, PhD, Erika Ninos, Monica Nakielski, Michelle…
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Elena Grossman, MPH, Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD, Marie Heffernan, PhD, Erika Ninos, Monica Nakielski, Michelle Hoersch
CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis) has published a series of implementation resources for sustainable pharmacy and prescribing practices. At present these…
Asthma summary
Asthma is very common. Almost 10% of people living in the European Union have a diagnosis of asthma. Among children, asthma is the most common chronic medical condition.…
This is an information tool to help people with asthma and their healthcare professionals discuss their options for inhaler devices.
The aiddescribes the different types of inhaler which…
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April 2019
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National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Project completed as part of the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition
Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide
Issue to be addressed:
5% of the carbon footprint of acute…
Published date
April 2019
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Swarbrick C, Valentine P, Martin F, Ford P and Martin A.
SusQI project eliminating duplicate GP letters delivered as part of The 2019 Barts Health NHS Trust Green Ward Competition. This project was the competition winner.
Project Aims: To stop sending…