What is your opinion on the use of disposable endoscope valves? We cannot recognise any advantage here - apart from the 'saved' reprocessing. Are there any scientific studies on this? Of course, the…
I am an Improvement Practitioner working at the RUH, Bath. Today, we held our relaunch of the Green Endoscopy Group. Lots of ideas, but we are focussing on some 'quick' wins to be begin with and would…
As part of CSH’s Sustainable Specialties programme, we have a part-time role for a Sustainable Ophthalmology Scholar.
Scholars get online training and supervision to deliver a sustainability change…
Topics covered in the SEE Summit included:
Sustainability in the NHS
Procurement in practice – how one large group is buying more sustainably
Energy and Estates – how to become more…
Dear Network Members,
We at CSH are working with e-learning for health to create a Green Endoscopy module.
We are looking for case studies of green endoscopy in practice which we could shine a…
Dear Colleagues,
May I kindly ask if anyone knows if industry suppliers can/have participated in the CSH green- healthcare wards/team competitions to help support the research (and not in terms…
I'm from a primary care background and involved with CSH in various ways so I'm out of my depth in this forum I think. I relatively recently had planned retinal surgery. My surgeon suggested using…
Single use plastic cages are often used to ensure that buttons are kept with the scope for traceability--Does anyone have any alternative solutions (which avoid single use plastic)?
Reusable metal…
Congratulations to Dr Chantelle Rizan, Clinical Lecturer in Sustainable Healthcare at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and CSH Associate, who was recently conferred the title of PhD for her thesis…
A research project exploring Lean management for greener practices in surgery is being conducted by intercalating medical students from Imperial College London.
We are writing to request an…