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This occasional paper is making the case for using patient-level information and costing systems (PLICS) and service line reporting (SLR) for carbon accounting purposes.
What you need to know:
- Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact compared with an equivalent dose of liquid medication, with less packaging and less wasted medicine
- Pill swallowing…
Check out this one-page visual guide designed to help healthcare professionals optimise asthma reviews. It integrates greener care into conversations focussed on better care. Reviewed and approved by…
Published date
March 2024
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Dr Aarti Bansal (GP), Carol Stonham (Respiratory Nurse), Dr Katherine Hickman (GP)
BackgroundThe growing challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasingly understood to be driven by multiple factors including the misuse of antimicrobial products and environmental…
Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Green Team Competition.
Team members
· Sue Broughall - Endoscopy Compliance manager
· Theresa Passmore -…
Published date
March 2024
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Sue Broughall - Endoscopy Compliance manager, Theresa Passmore - Endoscopy Manager, Patricia Ojo - Endoscopy Junior Sister
This screencast is for staff in care homes, general practice and community pharmacy who wish to develop an understanding of the environmental, financial and social impacts of medicines waste in the…
Project completed as part of the National 2025 Green Nursing Challenge by the Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT team.Team MembersAlexandra Anderson, Advanced Professional LeadNatasha Jones -…
Published date
October 2025
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Alexandra Anderson, Advanced Professional Lead and Natasha Jones-Goulding, Professional Lead
Project completed as part of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Green Team Competition.
Team members: Phillippa Mackenzie and Yasmin Dolin, Speech and Language Therapists
Setting / patent…
Published date
May 2024
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Phillippa Mackenzie and Yasmin Dolin, Speech and Language Therapists
Project completed as part of the Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2025Team membersAlaina Bosinski (Patient Care Manager), Candice Horbay (Unit Manager), Amber Martin…
This report from Eunomia and Systemiq quantifies the environmental and financial impacts of single-use plastics in the European and North American healthcare sectors across seven high-volume product…
Published date
September 2025
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Euomia Research & Consulting: Pallavi Madakasira, Simon Hann, Iris Liu, Zoë Hodges / Systemiq: Yoni Shiran, Alexandre Harry, Daniel Barraclough