Hello everyone,
I’m working on part of an EU horizon funded project called ETERNAL, looking at how we can better support healthcare professionals to promote safe medicine disposal and more sustainable prescribing. My background is in coaching and behaviour change, and my aim is to co-design practical tools or approaches that genuinely help rather than add to workload.
I know many of you are already active in this space, while others are interested but feel constrained by time, priorities or other barriers. I’d like to understand those realities more clearly so that any resources we develop are realistic and helpful.
Over the coming weeks I’ll be running a short survey and would also like to hear directly from practitioners. If you’re interested in taking part, or just want to stay informed about the outcomes, I’d love to hear from you.
Please comment below or message me if you’d like to:
– Complete the short survey (under 3 minutes)
– Take part in a small discussion group or speak with me directly
– Share your experiences or examples of what’s already working
Thank you for considering this. Your input could help shape practical support that makes a real difference without adding to your workload.
Thank you for your time and attention,
Morag Shaw
More about ETERNAL here: About ETERNAL
Hi, just submitted a workshop plan to the RCPCH annual conference next year re Sustainable paediatric prescribing and hoping to draft a position statement. Working with pharmacist and pharmaceutical physicians to look more broadly and some contacts with the industry. There is much to do. Thinking about better medicines for children in general, R&D, storage and lifecycle, disposal, antimicrobial stewardship , role of genomics etc.
But there is lots to do at a very basic level with all clinicians. Including rolling out "only order what you need" - just piloting this in Nottinghamshire and hoping to roll out quickly .
Feel strongly that we need to share this with pharmacy colleagues who will all be prescribers soon. So little joint training and shared resources.
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Hello, I'm an Infectious Disease Doctor; I'm very interested in the field of sustainable antimicrobial formulary design and am in the process of writing guidelines to support infection specialists to consider environmental impacts alongside safety, efficacy and antimicrobial stewardship, when providing antimicrobial advice. I would be interested to understand your work better and consider opportunities for synergy.
Happy to be involved. Medicines make up 25% of renal service carbon footprint, would love to offer better stewardship. Immediate thoughts: yew maker is a good resource, though I'm not sure how much is based on assumptions, realistic medicine principles are important for behaviour change here. Not all medicines are equal and better awareness of carbon hotspots like MDI inhalers and anaesthetic gases can focus here. Safety and regulation around return of medicines stock needs innovative solutions
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