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International Day of the midwife climate webinar

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29 Feb 2024
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Alice Clack
I have just noticed this event being held by The Royal College of Midwives to celebrate the international day of the midwife on Sunday the 5th May. Talk Theme: Midwives: a vital climate…
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March Carbon Footprinting for Healthcare Course

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29 Feb 2024
by
Rosie Hillson
Spaces left on our March Carbon Footprinting for Healthcare course! This is a carbon literacy course for health professionals, quality improvement leads, healthcare administrators, sustainability…
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Questions or themes? for SusQI Academy forum 20th March 2pm-3:30pm

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29 Feb 2024
by
Catherine Richards
Dear Academy members, We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 20th March 2-3:30pm for the next forum Please let us know by replying here if you have anything specific you'd like to ask,…
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British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: The carbon footprint of different modes of birth in the UK and the Netherlands: An exploratory study using life cycle assessment

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29 Feb 2024
by
Elizabeth Murphy
Recently published article in BJOG, comments welcome. Birth is common (~140 M births/year worldwide) and, in many countries, a caesarean birth is the commonest major surgical procedure. The…
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The International Confederation of Midwives IDM Theme 2024 Announcement!

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28 Feb 2024
by
Rachael Ward
The International Confederation of Midwives(ICM) recognises that midwives are a vital solution in adapting health systems to climate change, and lowering carbon emissions overall. Midwives deliver…
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Meeting Thur 29th 12-1pm

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25 Feb 2024
by
Kate Crossland
Thursday 29th Feb 12-1pm Palliative Care Sustainability Network: codesigning a Palliative Care Sustainability Framework Teams details below. We'll start by hearing from the GreenerED team…
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Medicines waste in care homes

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23 Feb 2024
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Nuala Hampson
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare has proposed a project idea for the Health Foundation-funded Q exchange https://q.health.org.uk/get-involved/q-exchange/ Our project is focused on the…
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Climate Science and Legislative information update

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23 Feb 2024
by
Catherine Richards
Dear Academy members, We've just added this as a resource to the network, you can also find it in the Academy members area of the educator pack on SusQI.org. For your educational materials in…
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Green Endoscopy Advice

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22 Feb 2024
by
Louisa Thomson
I am an Improvement Practitioner working at the RUH, Bath. Today, we held our relaunch of the Green Endoscopy Group. Lots of ideas, but we are focussing on some 'quick' wins to be begin with and would…
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buccal midazolam prescribing

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21 Feb 2024
by
Fraser Scott
2 prongs to this idea 1. reduce prescritions for new patients who don't need it 2. review existing patients who have buccal midazolam: do they still need it; or could it be swapped to epistatus…