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This 10-minute video was developed by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare QI Education Project. It provides an introduction to sustainable healthcare and the 'SusQI' approach to embedding…
Key learning point: Reducing the burden of waste and improving its segregation into appropriate streams for disposal has positive environmental impacts as well as cost savings.
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The project was shortlisted for the Green Nephrology Awards 2012. The PDF award entry poster may be downloaded fromhere.
Key learning point: Electricity energy saving in patients homes – with…
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July 2012
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Kevin Gibbs, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Aisling Condon and Helen Taylor from the Carbon Literacy Project, give an introduction to Carbon Literacy in healthcare and for AHPs specifically. The presentation aims to increase awareness and…
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The introduction of remote monitoring with teleconsultation has the potential to improve the targeting of specialist care resources (financial and environmental) to deliver the…
Project completed as part of the Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition 2023.
Aims:To reduce the number of unnecessary coagulation samples in both Basingstoke and Winchester Emergency…
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Emma Christmas & Sarah Noble – Consultants in Emergency Medicine,
The study analyses the impact of service provision at different locations on health outcomes, cost of service, carbon emissions and patients and their families.
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Switching to the 44 to 1 concentration cans is a relatively easy process at negligible cost and may be a simpler method of reducing concentrate solution storage without…
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May 2011
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Fraser Campbell, Renal Technician, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Thisexample driver diagram shows how principles of sustainable clinical practice can be applied to improverespiratory inhaler prescribing. Hopefully it shows a holistic approach (MDI>DPI is not the…