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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…
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…
Created on
19 Dec 2023 •
by
Claire Williams, Deputy Clinical Pharmacy Manager and Louise Bond, Deputy Lead Medicines Management Technician
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…
The current edition of the Pharmacy Declares newsletter is jam packed! Click below to read more about:
Medicines carbon footprinting
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Greener Pharmacy…
This 30 minute podcast from GP Online features our very own Dr Tamsin Ellis, a London GP, director and co-chair of Greener Practice, andGP associate here at the Centre for Sustainable…