On the 23rd of March I was lucky to be among a group of respiratory professionals, representatives from primary care, nursing, academic and the pharmaceutical industry as we came together to discuss…
A little while ago GlaxoSmithKline funded a joint study with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford and Accenture. The outcome was a report entitled "Climate Change…
After sucessfully launching a recycling scheme in 34 theatres, across 3 theatre suites, we've got a motivated multidisciplinary group who would like to do more. Does anyone have any success (or…
Value is a concept which is making waves in the management / leadership / policy world of medicine at the moment. It is not an entirely new concept, but has been worked on and promoted as an approach…
"How can we involve clinical departments in our Climate Week?" wondered the team at Whittington Hospital, which has been setting up a series of green events for 12-16 March 2012. The answer: a Green…
In February 2011 GlaxoSmithKline and the Cooperative Pharmacy in partnership with TerraCycle UK launched the first respiratory inhaler recycling programme in Europe. Forty Cooperative pharmacies…
What will respiratory medicine look like in 5 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS?We are starting an exciting project, funded for a year by GSK, to improve the environmental…
What will respiratory medicine look like in 5 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS?We are starting an exciting project, funded for a year by GSK, to improve the environmental…
Why single-use devices? In the not too distant past medical devices were re-usable. Their design, shape, size and materials used (glass, metal and rubber) were easy to clean and sterilise. However,…
Andrea MacNeill, Principle Investigator, Green-Op Andrea is surgical resident from Canada and is currently working towards an MSc in Environmental Change & Management at the University of Oxford. As…