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Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition.
Team members
• Dr Kay Stewart Consultant in Palliative Medicine
• Dr Hayley Evans SpR in…
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7 Mar 2024 •
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Dr Kay Stewart Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Dr Hayley Evans, speciality doctor, Palliative Medicine
Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition.
Team members
• Tim Orr (Consultant Anaesthetist)
• Caroline Dalton (Recovery Lead…
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7 Mar 2024 •
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Tim Orr (Consultant Anaesthetist), Caroline Dalton (Recovery Lead Practitioner) and Matt Clarke (Principal Pharmacist, Medicines Information)
UK retrospective, cohort, healthCARe-Based envirONmental cost of treatment (CARBON) study estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the UK associated with the management of well-controlled versus…
Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Green Team Competition.
Team members
Janeme Lam, Renal specialist pharmacist
Shelley Rossiter, Renal ward…
Abstract
BackgroundHuman health is inextricably linked to planetary health. The desire to nurture and protect both concurrently requires the mitigation of healthcare-associated environmental harms…
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19 Feb 2024 •
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Walpole S, Popat A, Blakey EP, Holden E, Whittaker B, Saggu R, Fennell-Wells A, Armit K & Hothi D
Very excited to share our second Greener PCPA podcast with Dr Shireen Kassam 🌱on how a whole food plant-based diet can support better health.
This episode covers:
What a whole food plant-based diet…
Dr Mark Miller is a Reader (Senior Research Scientist) working in the Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Edinburgh, funded by the British Heart Foundation. Mark’s research…
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24 Jan 2024 •
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Dr Mark Miller, BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh
What you need to know:
- Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact compared with an equivalent dose of liquid medication, with less packaging and less wasted medicine
- Pill swallowing…
BMJ Sustainable Practice article describing the benefits of prescribing pills (tablets, capsules etc) rather than liquid.
Key points:
Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact…