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GASP - Greener Anaesthesia & Sustainability Project

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13 May 2019
by
Jonny Groome
Hi Everybody, I wanted to tell you all about our group, GASP - The Greener Anaesthesia & Sustainabilty Project. We are an organisation focused on reducing the environmental impact of healthcare…
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'Environmentally Sustainable Theatres' working group

Created on
3 May 2019
by
Ruth Greer
At the end of August 2018, we successfully established this environmental initiative at North Bristol NHS Trust, which continues to run multiple projects within theatres to reduce our carbon…
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Climate advocacy networking

Created on
2 May 2019
by
Frances Mortimer
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…
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PVC recycling scheme

Created on
29 Apr 2019
by
lydia Howells
Hello! I am a Deputy Charge Nurse of a Recovery Unit in Scotland I am about 2 months into a Q.I project of reducing our clinical waste by maximising correct waste segregation procedures. I am also…
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NHS looks to anaesthetists to reduce carbon emissions

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21 Mar 2019
by
Frances Mortimer
In January 2019, NHS England published its Long Term Plan, setting out its commitments for the next ten years - including how it will deliver on the carbon reduction targets from the 2008 UK Climate…
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University of Brighton Sustainability Conference - programme, abstracts and registration info

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8 Mar 2019
by
Heather Baid
The University of Brighton School of Health Sciences 5th annual sustainability conference will be held 3 May 2019. The conference aims to present the diversity of sustainable practices within…
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Anaesthetic gas - monitoring practice and motivating change

Created on
26 Jan 2019
by
Matthew Jenks
An update to a post i entered 8 months ago. Since introducing regular monitoring of our anaesthetic gas usage and encouraging reduced desflurane use we continue to see a steady decline in Desflurane…
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Happy New Year from the Sustainable Operating Theatres Network!

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1 Jan 2019
by
Charlotte Holbrook
I would like to introduce myself as the new manager for the Network. I would love to make 2019 a year for connecting even more members of the surgical team who feel strongly about environmental…
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New energy in the Sustainable Operating Theatres network!

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10 Dec 2018
by
Frances Mortimer
CSH is excited to be working with new colleagues from surgery and anaestheticsto develop thisSustainable Operating Theatres network in the coming months. Chantelle Rizan joined CSH in August…
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NHS energy efficiency fund for LED lighting

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21 Nov 2018
by
Jacqueline Cutting
The government has made £46 million available through Public Dividend Capital funding for NHS trusts to improve and expand the use of LED lighting across their services, to save the NHS money and…