Presentation: Reuse and recycling of equipment in acute and community settings
Lucy, Su Davies and Elke Small will present on recycling therapy equipment in the hospital and community settings, what they have done, learnt and difficulties that have been overcome. Susanna and Elke will describe their work in recycling disability equipment (destined for UK landfill) through an Equipment Loan Scheme in Romania where such items are generally unobtainable but much needed. Lucy will talk about the processes changed to reuse equipment at the Royal National Orthopedic hospital. There are lessons on reducing, reusing and recycling for anyone who issues equipment.
Susanna Robinson is an occupational therapist who, in her professional role, is an expert witness and senior manager for Keystone Case Management. She is also a trustee for a UK charity which works in Romania helping to develop services for disabled people, where she coordinates the identification and transportation of equipment from the UK.
Elke Small is an occupational therapist, recently retired from her role as a senior manager within Bristol Social Services. Elke has a wide range of experience in health and social care spanning over 40 years. She is actively involved in the work of Belief in Action, a UK registered charity, in helping to establish services for disabled people in Romania. Additionally, she has a number of voluntary roles within the Bristol community aimed at supporting those who are marginalised. Elke champions environmental sustainability.
Lucy is a senior occupational therapist in the Pain Management and Rehabilitation Team at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Her team runs in and outpatient sessions for people with long term musculoskeletal pain (including Hypermobile Spectrum Disorder/Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome), teaching self management skills to help them improve function and quality of life.
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