Doctors and all health professionals are highly respected. Many of us therefore feel that we should use our position to speak out and make sure that people know about the climate emergency and the…
Hi all,
I'm carrying out a QI project at a GP practice in Kent piloting the use of the new decision aid to see what impact it has on inhaler prescribing and DPI:MDI ratio.
I'll be collecting…
"People with asthma will be helped to choose the inhaler that is best for them, and best for the environment, by a new patient decision aid from NICE.
"Anew patient decision aidhighlights that some…
Hi all,
Does anyone have experience of reducing MDI prescribing/use in a community GP setting?
I'm hoping to run a QI project to do this so keen to learn from others who have done the…
The NHS Long Term Plan, published earlier this month, makes two references to inhaler climate change impact:
Pg 120: The carbon footprint of health and social care has reduced by 19% since 2007,…
A national (English) working group has been formed toestablish the approach and a potential target for reducing the climate change impact of inhalers.
The impetus for the expert working group is to…
Fantastic news in support of environmentally sustainable dental care! Worldwide consumer oral hygiene product company Colgate have partnered up with TerraCycle to launch a new free programme in the UK…
"As clinicians we are taught to value evidence based interventions that benefit health and wellbeing. We look for the causes of disease and aim to change behaviour to improve outcomes. We have a…
Wonder if anyone caught this in the Scottish Daily Mail (23/10):
4.7m cups thrown away by dentists every year
DENTISTS in Scotland are throwing away a shocking 4.7million plastic cups a…
Calling all sustainability friends… are you a Q member (Health Foundation)? We are pleased to announce we have just started a new Sustainability Specialist Interest group- please do join us…