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A survey was conducted in the UK investigating communication methods used by staff to inform and remind patients about appointments.Increased number of communication methods used was associated with a…
A collection of case studies to celebrate the first year of Greener Primary Care Wales. Case studies include examples from GP, dental practice, community pharmacies and eye care. Lots of useful…
Social networking sites (SNS) are having an increasing influence on patients' lives and doctors are far from certain about how to deal with this new challenge. In our literature search, we could find…
Awareness about the waste that occurs throughout clinical care is increasing. The wasteful use of clinical resources suggests a need to improve sustainability in health care, given the current context…
A case study demonstrating how moving a service from a hospital outpatients model to a domiciliary model resulted in unanticipated reductions in travel miles per appointment.
SusQI project completed as part of the Hywel Dda University Health Board Green Team Competition from September 2022-January 2023, by the Environment team.
Project Aim:
Trial nappy and…
We participated in the Northampton Green Team Competition 2022 and decided as a department to look at our paper usage.
Over a 7 month period the Research Team printed nearly 120,000 sheets of…
This project was part of the Northamptonshire Green Team Competition 2022.
Our team defined a 'very stable' HIV patient in order to reduce frequency of appointments from 6 monthly, to annual…
This project was completed as part of the Northamptonshire 2022 Green Team Competition
Read our sustainability project on the positive impact reducing the administration of unnecessary doses of…
Published date
March 2023
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Leeanne Hardy: Senior Sister, Quality Service and Improvement, Critical Care
Project completed as part of the Swansea Bay University Health Board Green Team competition (October - December 2022). One of our entries was from our Pharmacy Team who looked to incorporate…