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Sub-optimally controlled asthma is common, leading to preventable symptoms, asthma attacks and death. This is in part because of normalisation of symptoms, underuse of preventer therapy, overuse of…

Project completed as part of the Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Green Team Competition 2024-25.Team members:Mr Amari Thompson – General Surgery & Chief RegistrarMr Jatinder Singh – General…

Technical Case Study Propellant gases contained in metered dose inhalers are powerful greenhouse gases and approximately 3% of the carbon footprint of NHS Scotland results from these inhalers.…

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.…

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.…

For a greener ICU, we call for healthcare researchers to measure the environmental benefits of interventions to limit low-value care, and for healthcare practitioners to increase implementation of…

The Children and Young Person's version of the guide on How to reduce the carbon footprint of inhalers, key priorities and principles, and has a handy table of inhalers by carbon footprint category.

Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition. Team members • Dr Kay Stewart Consultant in Palliative Medicine • Dr Hayley Evans SpR in…

This is a Cheshire&Merseyside guide for primary care practices to take up sustainability projects. Each project should be achievable per quarter. This list was devised as part of a funding proposal…

A QI project investigating the practicalities of collecting used inhalers returned from wards