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SHARE conference 2024

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SHARE conference 2024

About this event 

Theme – Fast-tracking resilient and environmentally sustainable health systems

Students, academics, researchers, clinical and estates colleagues from a wide range of disciplines interested in sustainable healthcare all attended.

The conference was co-hosted by the University of Brighton School of Sport and Health Sciences, Brighton and Sussex Medical School and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.

Watch the keynote talks from the conference in the panel below. 

View the recordings from the concurrent sessions on MedAll through the button link below.

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Schedule

9:30-9:35 Welcome address - Prof Malcolm Reed

9:35-10:00 Introduction to conference - SHARE conference team

10:00-10:30 Keynote 1 - Prof Jeanette Rotchell

10:45-12:00 Oral presentations - Concurrent sessions 1, 2, 3 (see below)

12:00-12:45 Break

12:45-13:45 Oral presentations - Concurrent sessions 4, 5, 6 (see below)

13:55-14:00 Midpoint address - Stefi Barna

14:00-14:30 Keynote 2 - Dr Emer O’Connell

14:45-15:50 Oral presentations - Concurrent sessions 7, 8, 9 (see below)

16:00-16:30 Keynote 3 - Prof Enrique Falceto de Barros

16:30-16:35 Conference summary and prizes - SHARE conference team

16:35-16:40 Closing address - Dr Angela Glynn

Concurrent Sessions 1, 2 and 3 between 10:45-12:00
Session 1: MedicinesSession 2: Reducing wasteSession 3: Circular economy
Reducing medicine waste -Claire Williams, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust A greener hospital store room in the Emergency Department - Caroline Kendrick, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals A paradigm change: from disposable to reusable instruments in Ophthalmology -Gabrielle Quaranta, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Reducing paracetamol co-prescribing with strong opioids in the Sheffield Macmillan Unit for Palliative Care - Kay Stewart, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Consideration of same-day cancellations in a cardiac surgery service and its impact on the environment - Michael Otorkpa, Golden Jubilee National Hospital Glasgow

Reusable tourniquets for sustainable phlebotomy - Rebecca Palmer, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Improving the environmental impact of patients withdiabetes and on insulin - Georgia Homer, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Pre-operative hand therapy appointment for plastic hand trauma patients - Lucy Wimmer, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Remanufactured harmonic scalpels in laparoscopic surgery and reusable surgical gowns to reduce CO2e waste - Krithea Baker, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustl of Clinical Medicine, UK
Staff education on appropriate medicines waste segregation and use of patient’s own medicines during hospital stay and on discharge - Janeme Lam, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Environmental impact of specialist physiotherapy for limb reconstruction - Catherine Borra, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust Extending the life of anaesthetic circuit tubing and rationalising our suction waste stream - Poppy Rhodes, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

 

Carbon footprint of inhalers in secondary care: utilising an audit and root-cause analysis to develop targeted interventions -Jasmin Abbott, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Improving bowel preparation for colonoscopy - Patricia Ojo, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Anaesthetic sustainability fellowship achievements at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust - James Dalton, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

 

Tapping into the opportunity of hospital admissions to optimise inhaler choice: a review process and pilot project - Jasmin Abbott, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Linking Frome Medical Practice’s patients to Healthy Homes support - Joanna Morris, Frome Medical Practice, Somerset Materials scientists' contributions to healthcare circular economy and waste management for improved sustainability - Dipak Sarker, University of Brighton

Concurrent Sessions 4, 5, and 6 between 12:45-13:45

Session 4: Nutrition and foodSession 5: Digital transformationSession 6: Reducing unnecessary resource use
Role of health professionals in supporting the shift towards a sustainable food system -Shireen Kassam, Plant-Based Health Professionals UK

Fostering digital health in Pakistan: Telemedicine awareness of patients in diverse healthcare settings in Islamabad - Minal Zaman Cheema, Fazaia Medical College, Islamabad

 

Targeting low-value care to reduce healthcare associated carbon emissions: Reducing the unnecessary use of intermittent pneumatic compression in intensive care - Louise Hansell, North Sydney Local Health District, Australia

Nutritional Care of Adult People (NUTCAP) and sustainability -Kathy Martyn, University of Brighton

 

Successfully supporting patients to switch to dry powder inhalers: opt-out text message case study -Jill Moore, Frome Medical Practice, Somerset

Reducing energy usage in an adult intensive care unit -Stephanie Ireland, Royal Brompton Hospital, London

Reducing the amount of wasted food in HampshireHospitals Foundation Trust - Robert Strachan, Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust

 

 

Working in partnership to increase digital inclusion, reduce waste, and reduce carbon emissions in Frome via the recycling, refurbishing and redistribution of electronic devices - Richard Podmore, Frome Medical Practice, Somerset

Financial and environmental impact of sending phlebotomy trays for unnecessary external steam sterilisation - Rachel Darling, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Rethinking food ‘waste’ at Frome Medical Practice: avoiding waste, avoiding emissions, saving money, growing food - Charlotte Carson, Frome Medical Practice, Somerset Nurse-led telephone retainer review clinics: A quality improvement project -Mohammed Shaath, Dundee Dental Hospital Rationalising drugs in the operating theatre - Caroline Dalton, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

 
Concurrent Sessions 7, 8, and 9 between 14:45-15:50

Session 7: Nursing and physio educationSession 8: Medical educationSession 9: Widespread impact
Nursing students' and educators' perspectives on sustainability and climate change: An integrative review - Jennie Aronsson, University of Plymouth

Planetary Health Report Card student team – poster prize winner - Philip Shih and Alex Ha, UC Berkeley - UCSF Joint Medical Program, USA

The Green Team Competition Evaluation - Rachel McLean, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

Embedding planetary health in nursing education: exploring the barriers and enablers to implementing changes in undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing curriculum - Sophia Martin, Climate Action Nurses, Australia

 

Development and implementation of a longitudinal climate health medical school curriculum -Lena Khanolkar, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Using Project ECHO to create a multi-professional and multi-sector online community of practice to improve understanding of healthcare sustainability - Rory Gibson, NHS Highland
Quality Assurance Practice Learning - Sustainability Placement - Sara Biscoe, Lama Alomari, Emma Hansford, University of Brighton Planetary health education in Indian medical curricula -Prasoon Pattanaik, SCB Medical College, India Using the Double Diamond model to co-design a Green Ward Toolkit - Fraser Bruce and Jack Fletcher, University of Dundee
Indoor air quality project for a post-registration Specialist Community Public Health Nursing course - 
Leonie Harrison, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Education for Sustainable Healthcare and Planetary Health – Launch of the ESH JISC network for all UK medical schools -SunYuMay Tun, University of Oxford The Climate & Health Scorecard initiative - William Nash, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust 

 

Environmental physiotherapy advocacy and awareness through creative arts with students from Pakistan, Bangladesh, USA and England - Veena Raigangar, University of Brighton and Lori Walton, University of Scranton, USA

 

Sustainable healthcare education and quality improvement projects: Forming a Junior Doctor’s Sustainability Group - Jennifer Tempany, NHS Ayrshire & Arran

Perceptions of the UK public on the relationship between healthcare and the environment - Sarah Briggs, University of Oxford
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