Amazing to see the financial and environment cost-savings generated by the #GreenNursingChallenge teams through their Sustainable Quality Improvement projects 🙌
💚 Together, the #GreenNursingChallenge teams saved £691,844 & 77,398 kgCO2e, equal to 3,096 trees or 284 return trips between London & Edinburgh. 🌍👏 #GreenerNHS #SusQI #NetZeroNHS
💚 Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT #GreenNursingChallenge: The Isla App enables remote monitoring & faster triage. 72 visits & 57 admissions avoided saving £78k and 20,406 kgCO2e. Digital care that’s personal, safe & green.
💚 Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS FT #GreenNursingChallenge: Combined Pregnancy & IBD Clinic — joined-up maternal & gastro care improves continuity, reduces duplication, saves £77k and 5,216 kgCO2e.
💚 Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust #GreenNursingChallenge: Trial Without Catheter — structured pathway reducing callouts (-25%), admissions (-12.5%) & stays (-32%). Safer, faster community care & £441k + 42,156 kgCO2e saved.
💚 Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital #GreenNursingChallenge: The 2 P’s Project & 72 hrs Line — switching from IV to oral medication & extending line hang times. Boosting patient comfort, freeing nursing time & saving £56k + 2,710 kgCO2e per year. 💊
💚 Oxford Community NHS Trust #GreenNursingChallenge: Comprehensive insulin reviews with continuous monitoring. Better safety, fewer hospital admissions, improved equity & 6,707 kgCO2e saved. 💉 Patient feedback: “It’s helped me understand my diabetes.”
💚 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT #GreenNursingChallenge: Switch to Sustain — piloting reusable kidney dishes to replace single-use plastic. Safer care, tidier workspaces, lower infection risk & potential savings of 14,873 kgCO2e if scaled Trust-wide.
Delighted to have Dr Jonny Groome, Barts Health NHS Trust & UCL, on the judging panel for #GreenNursingChallenge 2025 🌿
📅 20 Oct | 09:30–12:30 | Online
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Honoured to have Dr Marion Lynch (@fonscharity.bsky.social) on the judging panel for the #GreenNursingChallenge Showcase 2025 🌍
📅 20 Oct | 09:30–12:30 | Online
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Excited to welcome Dr Amanda Young of @theqicn.bsky.social to the judging panel for the #GreenNursingChallenge Showcase 2025 🌍
📅 20 Oct | 09:30–12:30 | Online
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We’re delighted Charlotte McArdle will be keynote speaker at the #GreenNursingChallenge Showcase 2025. Her insights on why #nurses & #midwives are key to leading #sustainability in healthcare will help inspire the change we need.
📅 20 Oct 2025 | Online | 09:30-12:30
➡️http://bit.ly/3I2D3eP
Birmingham’s team is looking to use an app to support long-term condition management. Timely care, less deterioration, fewer hospital visits.
Sustainable, patient-led care in action.
#GreenNursingChallenge
More: https://bit.ly/44dt795
Lewisham is developing a structured ‘Trial Without Catheter’ process. Reducing unnecessary catheter use = fewer complications + lower emissions.
#GreenNursingChallenge #UrologyCare #PreventativeCare #GreenerNHS
More: https://bit.ly/44dt795
IV or oral? Liverpool Heart & Chest is exploring safer oral meds + reusable echo probe sheaths.
Less waste, less risk, more sustainable care.
#GreenNursingChallenge #IVtoOral #ReusableHealthcare #SustainableCare
More: sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/activity/green-nursing-c...
Oxfordshire’s team is planning to introduce continuous glucose monitors in community care. Better diabetes management. Fewer admissions. Lower carbon impact. #GreenNursingChallenge #CommunityNursing
More: https://bit.ly/44dt795
Sheffield’s Progressive Care Unit is replacing single-use kidney dishes with reusables. Reducing waste. Saving money. Protecting the planet.
#GreenNursingChallenge #SustainableTheatre #WasteReduction
Learn more: https://bit.ly/44dt795
Norfolk & Norwich team is combining maternity + IBD clinics into one streamlined service. Fewer appointments. More joined-up care. Lower emissions. Smart, simple sustainability.
#GreenNursingChallenge #IntegratedCare
More: https://bit.ly/44dt795
The #GreenNursingChallenge 2025 is live! 6 nursing teams have started their SusQI projects, from reusables in ICUs to diabetes tech in the community. Watch this space as we follow their journey to a greener NHS. More: https://bit.ly/44dt795
The #GreenNursingChallenge will see six nursing teams receive mentoring and support from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare to develop, run and measure outcomes of sustainable quality improvement projects. ✅
Deadline extended to 31st March!
Apply👉 sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
The QNI, Centre of Sustainable Healthcare & @fonscharity.bsky.social launch the #GreenNursingChallenge funded by Micro-Tech UK! This is a competition designed to promote sustainable practices in nursing to meet the NHS Net Zero targets. 🌎👇
sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/activity/gre...