Resource library

Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition. Team members • Dr Caroline Kendrick (Emergency Medicine Consultant) • Dr Amy Fantham…

One way of reducing waste in theatre is to think about the surgical instruments we use (or open and don’t use!). This study does not focus on environmental sustainability, but does look at reducing…

Laura and Krithea present on a project they undertook, making a switch from single use to remanufactured Harmonic scalpels used in laparoscopic surgery, and switching from disposable to reusable…

SusQI project completed as part of the UK Kidney Association and Centre for Sustainable HealthcareKidney Care Sustainability Group Scholars Programme.Scholar: Dr Rosa M MonteroTeam members: R Calayag,…

An innovation Agency report for the NHSE sustainable procurement team: Surgical Instrument Set Rationalisation: Understanding the benefits and replicating the process. Read the full report here.

Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Surgery Challenge. Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatre Issue to be addressed: Appendicectomy remains the most performed acute general…

Project completed as part of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Green Team Competition. Team members Jessica Gowing - Dispensing Optician Meera Nagji - Optometrist Setting / patent…

Project completed as part of the Swansea Bay University Health Board Green Team competition (October - December 2022). Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatres Issue to be…

Here are some links to Dutch information: -national green deal: The five goals of the Green Deal for Sustainable Healthcare (greendeals.nl) -our website: www.sustainablehospital.org -knmp…

Link to OpenPrescribing which allows the analysis of data about the drugs prescribed by GPs from across general practices in England. There are two measures relating to the carbon footprint of…