The Severn Foundation School Presentation was held in Bristol face to face last week for the first time since the Covid Pandemic hit. It was great to see hundreds of foundation level doctors attend to…
The Royal College of Surgeons of England have published a Sustainability in the Operating Theatre Good Practice Guide which has practical recommendations on ways in which we can reduce the impact of…
Fantastic news today: NHS England is decommissioning desflurane which will no longer be used in NHS hospitals in England from January 2024.
It is wonderful to see decisive action from the health…
Dear All,
The UK Green Surgery Project is currently seeking case studies for developing sustainable surgical practices to inform the Green Surgery report, which is due to be published in December…
My Trust is in the process of building a new ITU, and I have been asked by the Critical Care lead to get involved with this from a Sustainability perspective. We are currently in the planning phase…
I am trying to find an article that I have read on the green benefits of using a Treatment/Procedure Room for minor LA procedures over a full blown Operating Theatre. Has anyone got any info that will…
We have had a request from a student completing a dissertation as part of an MBA at Warwick University focussing on drivers and barriers of the circular economy for single-use plastics in the NHS.…
Please do have a look and share the following webinar recordings which were filmed as part of the 'Maternity Matters' webinar series last week. It includes a short presentation by myself, and Jo…
The importance of being aware of the limited resources of the planet, protecting our ecological systems and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, may seem disconnected from everyday midwifery practice.…
Hi all,
We have recently introduced peripheral norad to use in place of metaraminol. I was just wondering if any other units have done this and what the reason was. I think that norad will be…