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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…
Published date
January 2024
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by
Nadja van Ginneken, Kathy Fallon, Kiki Lam, Nicki Dowling, Emma Scott
What you need to know:
- 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…
BMJ Sustainable Practice article describing the benefits of prescribing pills (tablets, capsules etc) rather than liquid.
Key points:
Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact…
An overview of a project which aims to embed carbon measurements within orthopaedic trials - informed by our work with Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Propellants in metered dose inhalers are powerful greenhouse gases. It is five years since the Climate Change Act (2008) was introduced to ensure that by 2050 the United Kingdom cuts its carbon…
This occasional paper is making the case for using patient-level information and costing systems (PLICS) and service line reporting (SLR) for carbon accounting purposes.
