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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hi all,
I am analysing NHS procurement data for harmonic scalpels/shears for a sustainability project and am finding a large uptick in demand in 2022/23 compared to previous years. Would be keen to…
Dear all,
We would be grateful if you could complete this survey looking at sustainability in operating theatres. We welcome responses from anyone who works in OTs – nurses, anaesthetists, ODPs and…