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Case study: SusQI

Inhaler technique in the community for COPD patients

Project completed as part of the 2024 Coventry and Warwickshire Green Team Competition.Team membersLisa Taylor COPD clinical nurse specialistJo Stewart - Project Manager, Strategy and PlanningSetting…

March 2025

Lisa Taylor COPD clinical nurse specialist

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Video / event recording / podcast (links only)

Dr Vince Mak speaks about value in respiratory prescribing

Vince Mak's talk presents an important opportunity to reduce environmental harm from use (and over-use) of respiratory inhalers, which have a huge carbon footprint due to the use of HFC propellants:Dr…

October 2012

Mak, V.

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Case study: General

Increasing the number of inhalers collected from inpatient hospital wards for recycling at Charing Cross Hospital

A QI project investigating the practicalities of collecting used inhalers returned from wards

June 2023

Carol-Estelle Beecham

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Tools and templates

Inhalers poster

We are using this poster to inform improved inhaler prescribing at Newcastle Hospitals

December 2020

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Case study: SusQI

SusQI case study - Reduction of inhaler CO2e in the paediatric service, Frimley 2020 Green Ward Competition

SusQI project completed as part of The 2020 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Green Ward Competition. This project was the competition winner. Project Aims:To reduce the carbon footprint of…

April 2020