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Plastics in Healthcare: Time for a re-evaluation

Created on
7 Feb 2020
by
Chantelle Rizan
Check out our article examining plastics in healthcare published today in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine- we found101 pieces single use plastic used in a single operation and…
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February Reflective Questions

Created on
30 Jan 2020
by
Vivien De Greef
On my last post I proposed a New Years sustainable OT goal - to read through the WFOT (2018) Sustainability matters: Guiding Principles for Sustainability in Occupational Therapy Practice, Education…
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Recycling volatile anaesthetic agents - Association of Anaesthetists Innovation award winner 2020

Created on
24 Jan 2020
by
Cathy Lawson
For those of you that weren't at the Association of Anaesthetists Winter Scientific Meeting earlier this month, or haven't seen any of my posts on Twitter about this (@cathy_lawson85) please follow…
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Single use Chloraprep introduction opinions

Created on
17 Jan 2020
by
Emma Evans
HI I am currently in discussions with my Trust about the introduction of single use Chloraprep sticks throughout our theatresto replace 2% chlorhexidine following the 2019 NICE guidance around…
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Opportunity to write an e-learning module for sustainable anaesthesia

Created on
13 Jan 2020
by
Cathy Lawson
Keen to contribute to some e-learning resources on #sustainablehealthcare and #sustainableanaesthesia for the Royal College of Anaesthetists e-learning platform? Take a look at this month's edition of…
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Reflective Questions for December/January

Created on
16 Dec 2019
by
Vivien De Greef
Following on from Ben Whittakers post, it is great news that the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) have included the WFOT 5 Guiding Principles for Sustainable Occupational Therapy…
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Sustainability incorporated into RCOT learning and development standards

Created on
10 Dec 2019
by
Ben Whittaker
The new RCOT learning and development standards have been published, which you can find here. They state that sustainability issues need to be addressed in occupational therapy curricula. Standard…
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Where to start?

Created on
9 Dec 2019
by
Ka Yan Hess
Hi everyone I have been a long time watcher of this lovely network. I have recently volunteered myself to be a sustainability lead to embed sustainability into our curriculum at a UK university…
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We're scaling up to carbon-neutral healthcare

Created on
28 Nov 2019
by
Admin *
The recent huge interest in climate change has created an unprecedented demand for our charity to help people to take action. We are excited to have more and more nurses and doctors contacting us…
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New Sustainable Occupational Therapy Volunteer

Created on
19 Nov 2019
by
Vivien De Greef
Hi everyone, I’ve joined The Centre For Sustainable Healthcare as their new Occupational Therapy Volunteer and will be updating the resources on the webpages, writing a monthly post on the OT…