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Tree Planting and Conservation within Occupational Therapy

Created on
28 Mar 2024
by
Harriet White
Technical instructor in the Occupational Therapy Department, Alex Watkins, spoke to me about some projects he's been leading at Langdon Hospital. Alex initially led projects in the woodworking…
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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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Getting involved in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

Created on
29 Jan 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch took place this weekend, with over 5 million birds counted so far.There’s still time to get involved with service users or colleagues and tell the RSPB what birds you see…
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Midlands Greener NHS Regional Roadshow: Sustainable Surgery and Operating Theatres

Created on
16 Jan 2024
by
Kim Croasdale
Join us on 22 February to learn about how colleagues across the NHS are working to make surgery and NHS operating theatres more sustainable. Hear from experts in the field including: Prof…
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Sustainability in Hand Therapy

Created on
10 Dec 2023
by
Pete Vesey
As my 18 month contract with RCOT drew to a close I was pleased to be able to represent RCOT at the British Association of Hand Therapist's annual conference on 6-7th Oct 2023. I was able to promote…
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Reducing CO2e waste through implementing remanufactured harmonic scalpels in laparoscopic surgery and replacing disposable surgical gowns with reusable surgical gowns

Created on
28 Nov 2023
by
Krithea Baker
Project completed as part of the Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition 2023. Team members: Laura Vale, Senior Operating Department Practitioner Krithea Baker, Recovery Nurse…
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It's that time of the year again - have you heard of the reverse advent calendar?

Created on
28 Nov 2023
by
Ka Yan Hess
Hello all Has anyone started thinking about Christmas already? It is hard to believe 2023 has flown by so quickly and we are heading for December in a few days. In the spirit of the upcoming…
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Opportunity for Practice Staff to take part in a brief 5-minute online survey about how their practice is (or isn’t) taking actions towards a Net Zero NHS.

Created on
15 Nov 2023
by
Raquel Nunes
Opportunity for Practice Staff in Coventry and Warwickshire ICB, Birmingham and Solihull ICB, and South Yorkshire ICB to take part in a brief 5-minute online survey about how their practice is…
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Surgical set rationalisation

Created on
8 Nov 2023
by
Nicole Fletcher
NHSE working with the Health Innovation North West Coast and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust have developed a reproducible process for hospitals to rationalise surgical sets, reducing carbon intensive…
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CQC Research on Medicine Sustainability

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2 Oct 2023
by
Nuala Hampson
The CQC Medicines Optimisation Team has secured funding for research to drive innovation and accelerate improvement in medicines sustainability. This project will deliver a suite of products to…