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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare @sushealthcare.bsky.social · 8d

NHS trusts are saving £400,000+ per year with simple, sustainable changes. Read our financial case for Sustainability in Quality Improvement.
💊£83k meds reuse
⚙️£74k surgical kits
👶£258k paediatric meds
🥕£162k food waste
Read: http://bit.ly/4ns40rz
#SusQI #Sustainability #NHS #Healthcare

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10d

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!

Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 9d

New from the @eea.europa.eu 👉 The State of the Environment 2025 assessment.
A stark reminder of the #OneHealth connection. Chemical pollution, AMR, & biodiversity loss directly impact medicine efficacy, disease emergence, and public health.
#EuropesEnvironment2025

www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...

State of Europe’s environment not good: threats to nature and impacts of climate change top challenges

Significant progress has been made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, but the overall state of Europe’s environment is not good, especially its nature which continues to face degr...

www.eea.europa.eu

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Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · 9d

En route to @rpharms.com today to discuss the NHS 10 Year Plan and how pharmacy fits. This PPL report highlights the exact issues within our health systems currently and how do we fix this?

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deprescribing.org @deprescribing.bsky.social · 13d

September 25 is World Pharmacists Day!

Every day, #pharmacists across the globe help to ensure the appropriate use of medications and improve health outcomes. 🌎

Happy Pharmacists Day - from our deprescribing.org pharmacists, to our pharmacist colleagues worldwide!

#ThinkHealth #ThinkPharmacist

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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare @sushealthcare.bsky.social · 16d

💊Join us tomorrow for our Pharmacy Susnet Event! Learn about the Greater Manchester Pharmacy team's experience of piloting The Greener Pharmacy Toolkit to save carbon, money, & improve services.
📆24 September, 19:00-20:00
🔗Free tickets: http://bit.ly/46id7E3

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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare @sushealthcare.bsky.social · 20d

🌱🔬 Can the healthcare sector achieve carbon neutrality without compromising patient care? At CSH we believe it can, but what innovations or changes could make this possible? Let’s discuss! #CarbonNeutralHealthcare #Sustainability

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rachaelrodger.bsky.social @rachaelrodger.bsky.social · 21d

Delighted to publish our pragmatic #QI approach to measuring #carbon 👣 savings associated with #Antibiotic #IVOST 👇
#Sustainability #Plasticwaste #Netzero 🌍 #Everydosecounts
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@nhsggc.bsky.social
@minnaeii.bsky.social
@sushealthcare.bsky.social

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P32 A pragmatic quality improvement ‘good enough’ approach to measuring and comparing carbon-footprint savings associated with ‘Go Green’ switching from IV to oral therapy (IVOST) or reducing IV dose ...

AbstractBackground. Antimicrobial stewardship (AS) quality improvement (QI) initiatives promoting IV to oral switch (IVOST)1 or reduced IV dosing frequency

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Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · 23d

Hostage series on @netflix.com wow.
Somehow a few short episodes highlight everything in UK national politics now. Drug shortages >> pharmacies getting looted, pharmacy staff being verbally abused. Pretty apt.

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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare @sushealthcare.bsky.social · 27d

💊Join us at our upcoming Pharmacy Susnet Event! Hear from the Greater Manchester Pharmacy Programme Team about piloting the Greener Pharmacy Toolkit, and integrating sustainability into service improvement.
📆24 September, 19:00-20:00
🔗Free tickets: http://bit.ly/46id7E3

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Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · Sep 5

At @northumbrianhs.bsky.social today for Faculty of Sustainable Healthcare Conference 2025. First presentation from the Born Green project @global.noharm.org #greensky #sustainability

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Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · Aug 14

I have really enjoyed @cpcongress.bsky.social North last year where I presented my poster on exploring how medicines waste occur in care homes to try reduce costs and carbon associated. Deadline for #CPCNorth poster submission is 21st Sep 2025.

Register now: www.pharmacycongress.co.uk/cpcn25-me

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Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · Aug 9

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 30

Motherfucking wind farms…

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Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · Jul 26

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Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ageymanggggggg ⚽️ #Lioness

Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · Jul 16

So the staff at Muckamore Abbey are currently walking free!? Jail them all!!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'My disabled son was punched' - how a CCTV error exposed major abuse scandal

Glynn Brown was told there was no film evidence of his son Aaron being abused, but that was not the case.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · Jul 7

Just watched Grenfell tower documentary on @netflix.com

I’ve never had so much hatred built up for a person in short space of time ⬇️
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Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · Jul 3

Registration now open for Annual Faculty of Sustainable Healthcare Conference 2025 Friday 5th September 2025 at The Northumbria Health and Care Academy, Northumbria Way, Cramlington, NE23 6NZ.
fast.ncl.ac.uk/training/boo...

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Glasto Bimble (UNOFFICIAL) @glastobimble.bsky.social · Jun 29

At Glastonbury and need a little health help? FMS Pharmacy team has got you covered - right here on site!

Swing by for:

✅ Pain relief
✅ Plasters, blister care & first aid
✅ Hay fever & allergy meds
✅ Period products
✅ Expert health advice — no appointment

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Royal Pharmaceutical Society @rpharms.com · Jun 18

Did you miss our webinar on the Greener Pharmacy Toolkit?

Watch it on-demand to learn how to reduce emissions, improve patient care, prevent ill health, tackle medicines waste as well as achieve efficiency in savings: ow.ly/v4wN50WbEUo

Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Greener Pharmacy Toolkit:
How pharmacy champions in community and hospital settings can help to combat climate change
Watch online

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Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · Jun 15

@pharmrj.pharmsky.app I heard you going to glasto? See you there ⛺️

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Royal Pharmaceutical Society @rpharms.com · Jun 13

Nominations are now open for the Barnett Award, for RPS members who have made outstanding contributions to the growth and development of the pharmacy profession.

Awarded in memory of Professor Nina Barnett, who died in September 2023.

Find out more: bit.ly/3WlIfyD

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Minna Eii @minnaeii.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hot weather climate clinical adaptation plan is here! Medicines to review in heatwaves 💊☀️

www.acutemedicine.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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