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Positive outcome(s) of project:
environmental benefits resulting from the diversion of waste to the recycling stream, 4.2tonnes of less plastic going to clinical waste, reduction of domestic waste…
Created on
10 Apr 2024 •
by
Paul Williams, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
Positive outcome(s) of project:
Reduced clinical waste, 21.5 tonnes per year
Savings per year:
£14907.10 (Actual)
CO2 savings per year:
26.847 tonnes CO2e / year…
Positive outcome(s) of project:
Reduced electricity bills for home dialysis patients
Savings per year:
£327.60 - but likely to increase in Winter (Estimated)
CO2 savings per…
Created on
10 Apr 2024 •
by
Kevin Gibbs, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Setting/Patient Group:Dialysis Units (Trust-wide)
Issue to be addressed:
Dialysing machines warm the dialysate fluid to just below body temperature for patient comfort. The method of warming…
Created on
17 May 2023 •
by
Steve Milne, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Setting/Patient Group:Sheffield Kidney Institute
Issue to be addressed:
Discharge rates from secondary care is limited by concerns about whether patients can be reliably locked into a disease…
Setting/Patient Group:Renal Unit (offices and wards)
Issue to be addressed:
Energy is responsible for approximate 10% of the carbon footprint of the NHS.
The unit invested in a greener…
Created on
16 May 2023 •
by
Mr Nsipa Siwale, Energy Manager, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Case study: a service line analysis of Nottinghamshire Healthcare's carbon footprint.
Service lines provide a means of organising clinical activities and linking expenditure to patient conditions…
This is the pre- and post-session evaluation form used at a teaching session on leadership for sustainable healthcare, run for London "Darzi" Clinical Leadership Fellows in 2013.
A case study about the Sustainable Healthcare GP Registrar Scholarship Programme, run by the Severn Deanery School of Primary Care (SoPC), NHS Education – South West. The purpose of the programme is…
These Priority Learning Outcomes (PLOs) represent a reworking of recommendations made to the GMC in January 2012.The twelve PLOs trace a path from global environmental awareness to practical action in…