My Trust is in the process of building a new ITU, and I have been asked by the Critical Care lead to get involved with this from a Sustainability perspective. We are currently in the planning phase…
I am trying to find an article that I have read on the green benefits of using a Treatment/Procedure Room for minor LA procedures over a full blown Operating Theatre. Has anyone got any info that will…
We have had a request from a student completing a dissertation as part of an MBA at Warwick University focussing on drivers and barriers of the circular economy for single-use plastics in the NHS.…
Please do have a look and share the following webinar recordings which were filmed as part of the 'Maternity Matters' webinar series last week. It includes a short presentation by myself, and Jo…
The importance of being aware of the limited resources of the planet, protecting our ecological systems and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, may seem disconnected from everyday midwifery practice.…
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We have recently introduced peripheral norad to use in place of metaraminol. I was just wondering if any other units have done this and what the reason was. I think that norad will be…
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We are in process of decomissioning our N2O manifolds and switching to canisters. My colleague Dr Dolphin has been looking into the details of this and we have a question in regard to the…
TheQuality Improvement for Our Patients, People and Planet Week hapenned from October 31 toNovember 4.Seven NHS Trusts across the UK have gathered together to share stories of improvement with the…
The Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh, England and Glasgow have created a compendium of evidence to make theatres more sustainable and have also created a Green Theatre Checklist for theatre…
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Does anyone have a Penthrox SOP that you could share with me? Im trying to help my network work through nitrous oxide waste and this would be super helpful
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