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- Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact compared with an equivalent dose of liquid medication, with less packaging and less wasted medicine
- Pill swallowing…
Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Green Team Competition.Team membersJaneme Lam, Renal specialist pharmacistShelley Rossiter, Renal ward managerSetting /…
SusQI project completed as part of The Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT Green Team Competitionfrom September - December 2022 by the Home Enteral Feeding Team (HEFT).
The HEFT were announced…
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March 2023
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Sarah Williams, HEFT Manager and Dietitian Training Lead and Laura-Marie Baldwin, Lead Specialist HEFT Dietitian
Project completed as part of the 2024 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition.Team members:Helen Murphy – Trust Waste Facilities compliance managerRachael Aitken – Lead nurse…
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November 2024
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Helen Murphy – Trust Waste Facilities compliance manager and Rachael Aitken – Lead nurse for patient support services
Midlands Kidney Network - Benefits of Central Delivery Systems (CDS) for In-Centre Haemodialysis
Waste benefits:
Most units will use a 6L canister per treatment which is not fully utilised,…
Interventions that consider climate change, sustainability, and nature should be integral to health system functioning. Placing sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future offers opportunities to…
The Clinical guidelines for environmental sustainability in dentistry, which aim to give staff working in dentistry a better understanding of how to make services more environmentally sustainable,…
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January 2023
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Bakar, M.; Duane, B.; Fennell-Wells, A.; Klass, C.
Open access article
Abstract: GI endoscopy is highly resource-intensive with a significant contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and waste generation. Sustainable endoscopy in the context…
This project was completed as part of Sustainable Kidney Care Scholar programme funded by the UK Kidney Association (UKKA).Setting/Patient Group: Dialysis UnitIssue to be addressed:Acid used for…
BackgroundThe growing challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasingly understood to be driven by multiple factors including the misuse of antimicrobial products and environmental…
