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CASCADES Publishes Sustainable Occupational Therapy Playbook

Created on
25 Mar 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis) have published the Sustainable Occupational Therapy playbook, which is available here. This playbook provides background…
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Recycling schemes for CPAP packaging.

Created on
22 Mar 2024
by
Madeleine Fairweather
As a physiologist I play a significant role in delivering the CPAP service at my Trust. Quite frankly it is terribly wasteful and so for my first post I would like to pose a question: “does anyone…
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Best Practice Paper on Green and Sustainable Pharmacy in Europe

Created on
7 Mar 2024
by
Sónia Silva
The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) is the association representing community pharmacists in 32 European countries.PGEU calls for a number of coordinated actions that should be taken…
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Reducing omeprazole suspension prescriptions

Created on
7 Mar 2024
by
Emma Vittery
Hi all, we are looking to reduce prescriptions of omeprazole suspension (powder for suspension) in paediatric inpatients (+/- outpatients) in Newcastle - major cost savings, but also likely…
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Medicines waste in care homes

Created on
23 Feb 2024
by
Nuala Hampson
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare has proposed a project idea for the Health Foundation-funded Q exchange https://q.health.org.uk/get-involved/q-exchange/ Our project is focused on the…
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Disposable vapes ban - an environmental good news story!

Created on
7 Feb 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
There aren't many environmental good news stories at the moment, so I wanted to highlight a recent one, which will also have huge health benefits, especially for respiratory health. Following the…
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iSIMPATHY project evaluation - pharmacy-led medication reviews to address appropriate polypharmacy, improve outcomes and reduce waste.

Created on
18 Jan 2024
by
Emily Kennedy
The evaluation of iSIMPATHY, a Scottish Government led EU funded cross border project supporting people taking multiple medicines has been released. The report highlights how the project improved…
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Consultation on primary care incentive schemes

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17 Jan 2024
by
Nuala Hampson
See below link- consultation on future of Quality Outcomes Frameworks and Impact and Investment Fund that can have a very significant impact on GP/PCN funding. Open till 7th March. One question stem…
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Call for new co-leads for the Respiratory Care Sustainability Network

Created on
16 Jan 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
We are seeking 1-2 new co-leads for the Respiratory Care Sustainability Network. We are keen to have co-leads representing the whole multi-disciplinary respiratory team, so are particularly keen to…
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Sustainability in Education

Created on
12 Jan 2024
by
Kate Fletcher
1. The University of Reading – bringing sustainability to education: NET ZERO BY 2030? The University of Reading has made a 61% reduction in carbon emissions since 2008-09, our baseline…