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Project completed as part of theRoyal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Green Team CompetitionFebruary-July 2022 by the Clinical Coding Team
Team members:
Katie Fairhurst – Clinical Coding…
Traditional period products are mostly plastic and in our life-time we will use thousands, producing waste which ends up in landfill. By introducing period pants to young people in hospital we support…
Key learning point: Several cost-effective opportunities exist to implement principles of reduce, reuse, and recycle in renal units from Baling machines, to cardboard distribution and online…
The occupational therapist at Clare Ward in South London restarted a weekly walking group to nearby parks and green spaces. A previous walking group had been put on pause after the volunteer running…
Occupational therapist staff piloted a green walking project for patients of the Ebor and Minster wards of the Foss Park Hospital in York. A weekly walk to nearby green spaces and parks was organised.…
This project was incorporated by staff at Glaven Ward in Hellesdon Hospital in Norfolk to incorporate green walks into the ward’s weekly activity calendar. Patients were of an all-male inpatient…
A pilot green walking program was initiated by staff at Chartwell Ward, Priority House in Kent for female inpatient psychiatric patients. This group focused on women as it has been shown that women…
Staff from Carbis and Perran Wards at Longreach House in Cornwall assessed a green walking group activity for inpatient adults. Patients were assessed for fitness for this activity; walks with trained…
Staff at Bethlem Royal Hospital initiated this forest walking group for patients from units across the site to use green spaces within the hospital's grounds. This group encourages mindfulness and…
Case study estimating the carbon footprint of unnecessary cannulation in England.
This case study draws on carbon footprinting data undertake as part of a larger CSH project in 2021. The carbon…
