Choosing Wisely & Climate Action
Reducing unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures is an opportunity to benefit both patients and the planet.
The Choosing Wisely team have recently updated…
Has anyone had any success in challenging CMU contracts on the basis of carbon footprint?
Or formally or informally fedback that this needs to considered more at tender?
Hi all,
Is anyone using compostable/paper/cardboard medicines pots in their setting instead of plastic ones? I have a secondary care colleague who is interested in switching over what they give the…
The London Greener NHS team will be running a Greener NHS Week, from Monday 13th May 2024 to Friday 17th May 2024. The events are virtual. The Green Week is aimed for healthcare staff to gain an…
I am based in a cancer centre and trying to look at reducing oral chemotherapy waste, by potentially re-dispensing discontinued or deferred oral prescriptions. The waste usually comes from temporarily…
Call for papers for a special themed issue of the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice on the climate, nature and pollution crises and how more sustainable medicines use can make a…
HappyEarth Day! The 2024Planetary Health Report Cards are released today. Congratulations to UCL, Keele and Queen's University schools of pharmacy who all took part in PHRC 2024.
Greener Practice have secured funding to develop a clinically focused net zero platform to help busy primary care clinicians make changes which are better for patients and the planet!
This project…
Hi everyone
I'm doing a bit of fact finding on disposal of HRT products.
The UK patient information leaflets forHRT patchesstate the following:
Peel an edge of the patch smoothly away from…
A Value-Based Health Care project with patients covered by Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Bridgend Local Authority is looking to trial a medication device and associated wraparound care…