As reported in this weeks' BMJ, Simon Stevens, has said that the NHS will commission public services in areas where local authorities are allocating insufficient funding due to council spending cuts.…
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,…
From the sustainability session discussions at the recent ART conference it was identified that there are still a significant number of UK trusts using 1:34 dilution acidinstead of the stronger and…
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…
"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…
Great presentation by Dr Frances Mortimer at the recent ART conference in Grantham on the challenges we face to reduce our impact on resourceswhen providing healthcare and the work the green…