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This case study was completed as part of the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Green Ward Competition 2020, by the Endoscopy Team.
Team Members:
Ms. Sabiha Omar (Staff nurse), Ms. Sheela…
Project completed as part of the Barts 2019 Green Team Competition
Setting/Patient Group:Eye Treatment Centre
Issue to be addressed:
Ophthalmology services can contribute significantly to the…
Published date
April 2019
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Eye Treatment Centre MDT (details in impact report)
Abstract - beware carbon values not included
Aims
Healthcare accounts for 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with medicines making a sizeable contribution. Product-level medicine emission…
Key learning point:
Although an upfront expense, upgrading older water treatment systems offers significant environmental and financial savings. Furthermore, the upgrade saves nursing time and…
Published date
November 2009
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Andrew Owen, Chief Renal Technologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Project completed as part of the 2024 Coventry and Warwickshire NHS ICS Green Team Competition.Team members:· Anneka Moore, Housekeeper· Samantha Jones, Domestic AssistantSetting / patient group:…
Paper conducted at UCL School of Pharmacy exploring pharmacy and pharmaceutical students’ intentions tolearn about their roles in environmental sustainability and the factor associated with such…
Linda Cornish(Clinical Specialist Hand Therapist, MCSP) andSarah Bradley(Consultant Hand Therapist MSc, DipCOT, RCOT member) wrote for OTnews Sept edition ahead of the British Association of Hand…
Project completed as part of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Green Team Competition.
Team members: Phillippa Mackenzie and Yasmin Dolin, Speech and Language Therapists
Setting / patent…
Published date
May 2024
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Phillippa Mackenzie and Yasmin Dolin, Speech and Language Therapists
The NHSScotland Climate Emergency & Sustainability Strategyaims for an environmentally and socially sustainable health and care system that improves the health and wellbeing of people living in…