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An innovation Agency report for the NHSE sustainable procurement team: Surgical Instrument Set Rationalisation: Understanding the benefits and replicating the process.
Read the full report here.
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…
Key Learning Point: Purchase and use of a baling machine to compact waste can result in significant environmental and social savings with calculated actual financial saving.
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10 Apr 2024 •
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Paul Williams, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
Key learning point: Reducing the burden of waste and improving its segregation into appropriate streams for disposal has positive environmental impacts as well as cost savings.
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Key learning point: Simple measures to reduce, reuse and recycle paper resulted in a 75% reduction of paper use, resulting in environmental and financial savings.
Setting/Patient Group: Dialysis…
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10 Apr 2024 •
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Libby Critchley, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The project was shortlisted for the Green Nephrology Awards 2012. The PDF award entry poster may be downloaded fromhere.
Key learning point: Electricity energy saving in patients homes – with…
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10 Apr 2024 •
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Kevin Gibbs, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Key learning point: Digitalisation of pathology reporting results in significant social as well as environmental and financial savings.
Setting/Patient Group:Dialysis unit patient…
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10 Apr 2024 •
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Ian Stott, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Yewmaker have published "Sustainable Medicines", a brief e-book(12 pages) which summarises the causes of wasted medicines and the solutions which Yewmaker and the Sustainable Medicines Partnership are…
This service evaluation prospectively evaluated whether patients admitted to the admissions ward for acute respiratory conditions were assessed for DPI suitability and switched to MDIs if appropriate.