I just attended a really inspiring session organised by the Welsh Green Anaesthetics Network which included a presentation about the work being down at Cardiff and Vale UHB to reduce Entonox use via…
The BMJ has recently published a 5-episode podcast series titled Planet Centred Care, which covers a range of themes related to sustainable healthcare. These include why sustainable healthcare is…
The green surgery report published this week was produced in collaboration with surgical specialties and included input from the RCOG. It will be great to see this used as a template for greening the…
I share with you a recently published article with reflections on the need for health services and professionals implement sustainable actions. I hope you appreciate.
NHSE working with the Health Innovation North West Coast and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust have developed a reproducible process for hospitals to rationalise surgical sets, reducing carbon intensive…
In community services we are constantly disposing of scissors through delivery of treatments such as wound care and other procedures due to infection control policies. Not does this have a huge carbon…
I'm really please to announce the publication of three new e-learning modules on the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist's learning platform on the subject of climate and health with a…
Grundon recycling service have launched a nationwide collection and recycling service for metered dose inhalers. See the announcement here and details of the scheme here.
At present the scheme is…
The CQC Medicines Optimisation Team has secured funding for research to drive innovation and accelerate improvement in medicines sustainability. This project will deliver a suite of products to…
The Green Healthcare Leadership Programme, co-developed and delivered by the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) and Nuffield Health, and supported by NHS England, is now accepting…