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- 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…
In this Australian study, 164 undergraduate pharmacy students responded to an online questionnaire exploring their knowledge and attitudes towards environmental sustainability and environmentally…
Created on
27 Feb 2024 •
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Esa Chen, Catherine Forrester, Aisling McEvoy, Judith Singleton.
New guidance,Education for sustainable healthcare within UK pre-registration curricula for allied health professions, sets the groundwork for the next generation of health and care professionals. It…
Read aboutJDS Evans Pharmacy in Newport, Wales, the only pharmacy to achieve a gold award as part of the first Greener Primary Care Wales Framework and Award Scheme.
Project completed as part of the Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition 2023.
Aim:To reduce waste by moving patients medication with them and returning unused medication in a timely manner…
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19 Dec 2023 •
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Claire Williams, Deputy Clinical Pharmacy Manager and Louise Bond, Deputy Lead Medicines Management Technician
SusQI project completed by the Woodberry Wetlands Primary Care Network (PCN) am as part of The North East London Health & Care Partnership Green Team Competition, 2023.
Summary:…
Created on
20 Nov 2023 •
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The Heron Practice and Allerton Road Medical Centre
This interactiveTangible actions for sustainable healthcaretool in the BMJ is great - it collates articles related to sustainable healthcare in various ways, including by specialty. Lots of examples…
At the University of Manchester, the Community Based Medical Education Team (CBME) has devised a new toolkit to encourage and support students and supervisorscarrying out 'green' quality improvement…