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The cataract surgery audit tool ‘Eyefficiency’ was designed to identify opportunities for sites to minimize the footprint of cataract surgical services and to increase access to cataract surgery for…
Published date
May 2020
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Thiel, C. L., Cassels-Brown, A., Goel, H., Stancliffe, R., Steinbach, I., Thomas, P., & Vendries, J.
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…
Reuse and recycling: Leeds City Council Housing Occupational Therapy
Jenny Haslock and SallyChawner-Baxter demonstrate the triple (financial, environmental and social) impact of the Housing…
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…
Published date
March 2024
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Dr Kay Stewart Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Dr Hayley Evans, speciality doctor, Palliative Medicine
A nursing times article about a staff well-being project that involved nursing staff receiving plants to care for in non-clinical spaces. The article describes how nurses and their colleagues at…
This (open access) paper compares the carbon footprint of 3 operating theatres (UK, US and Canada). It is really interesting to see how different institutional practices influence the carbon…
NHS England has recently launched a new programme ofNational Medicines Optimisation Opportunities for 2023/24. The guidance outlines 16 key areas of focus, including:
addressing problematic…
Hi everyone! We are excited to share that we've published the Nitrous oxide toolkit: Reducing waste in NHS trusts, which we developed with NHSEngland.We hope this is helpful for all areas that use…
