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Setting/Patient Group: District General Hospital
Issue to be addressed:
It was observed that many surgical patients had both anti-embolism stockings (AES) and intermittent pneumatic compression…
Greener NHSprescribing dashboards, launched onOpenPrescribing.net, are intended to support practices, Clincal Commissioning Groups and other organisations to review their prescribing and make changes,…
Sign up to the RCGP Active Practice Charter and join the national network of practices making positive changes in their surgeries to boost staff and patient wellbeing.
Free to join as individual…
Newly qualified midwives will now be required to know about sustainable healthcare.The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has included sustainable healthcare in itsnew Standards of Proficiency…
This patient- and clinician-facing website gives guidance on choosing inhalers with lower environmental impact - something which is now included in the BTS asthma guidelines.
Section 8.6 of the newBTS/SIGN Guideline for the management of asthma highlights the environmental impactof metered dose inhalers (pMDI) and recommends that inhalers with low global-warming potential…
Are you confident in teaching patients how to use their inhalers? The first step in improving environmentalsustainability of inhaler use is to ensure that people use the correct technique to get the…
Asthma summary
Asthma is very common. Almost 10% of people living in the European Union have a diagnosis of asthma. Among children, asthma is the most common chronic medical condition.…
This is an information tool to help people with asthma and their healthcare professionals discuss their options for inhaler devices.
The aiddescribes the different types of inhaler which…
Created on
25 Apr 2019 •
by
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Project completed as part of the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition
Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide
Issue to be addressed:
5% of the carbon footprint of acute…
Created on
13 Apr 2019 •
by
Swarbrick C, Valentine P, Martin F, Ford P and Martin A.