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1 Week until the Green Maternity Showcase!

Created on
25 Feb 2025
by
Rachel McLean
Register here to join the Green Maternity Challenge Showcase!Be part ofThe Green Maternity Showcase, a celebration of innovative projects from nine teams participating in the Green Maternity…
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Image storage in Radiotherapy

Created on
11 Feb 2025
by
Susan Chadwick
Hi all. In radiotherapy we are required to keep patients radiotherapy records for 30years and I am concerned that we store more imaging data than is necessary, having implications on the carbon…
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Transition to reusable med tech - Call for Expressions of Interest by 13th february

Created on
4 Feb 2025
by
Rachel McLean
Transition to reusable med tech - Call for Expressions of InterestThe Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) has been commissioned by the Design for Life team at the Department for Health and Social…
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Green Nursing Challenge - launch event

Created on
30 Jan 2025
by
Angela Hayes
the link to the event if you missed it! https://youtu.be/mm88hHAHseMGreen Nursing Challenge 2025 — Sustainable Healthcare
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Green Nursing Challenge

Created on
23 Jan 2025
by
Angela Hayes
CSH are launching The Green Nursing Challenge - a leadership and engagement programme to support nurses to lead on sustainable healthcare initiatives, and transform nursing care by cutting carbon,…
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Sustainable enteral/parenteral nutrition

Created on
26 Nov 2024
by
Laura-Jane Smith
Does anyone have data/examples on the environmental impact of enteral/parenteral nutrition? I am interested in plastic use, any reusable equipment, recycling of plastic bottles, advantages of making…
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Improvements

Created on
8 Nov 2024
by
Stephanie Wallace
Hi all, we are currently in the process of decreasing our plastics use and I'm looking for assistance. It has been discussed as to why we are not using tap water for irrigation and flushing instead of…
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Usage of single-use endoscope valves

Created on
15 Mar 2024
by
Michael Perrot
What is your opinion on the use of disposable endoscope valves? We cannot recognise any advantage here - apart from the 'saved' reprocessing. Are there any scientific studies on this? Of course, the…
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Green Endoscopy Advice

Created on
22 Feb 2024
by
Louisa Thomson
I am an Improvement Practitioner working at the RUH, Bath. Today, we held our relaunch of the Green Endoscopy Group. Lots of ideas, but we are focussing on some 'quick' wins to be begin with and would…
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Reducing MRI scanner duration project

Created on
2 Feb 2024
by
Emma Vittery
Hi all, I'm scoping a project to help a secondary care team quantify carbon savings from work they've done to reduce the time people spent in MRI scanners, including reducing the need for general…