Orthotics: national award winners for sustainability.

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Pugh, Kate
Mupawaenda, Ndanatsei
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2022-12-01
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Sustainability
National award
Orthotic services
Green environment
Recycling
New Cross Hospital
Cannock Chase Hospital
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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust’s orthotics department based at New Cross Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospital was the winner of the sustainability award at the Fab Change Festival in 2021 and more recently they were announced as the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) Greener AHP winners in 2022. The department achieved this by embarking on a sustainability drive, where the team investigated how to improve the sustainability of the service without negatively impacting quality, patient care, and efficiency. In April 2021 the “greener orthotics” panel was created to discuss ideas and formulate a plan, examining how to reduce waste, improve processes, and recycle and to see if there were ways patients could access the service differently.
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Pugh, K. Mupawaenda, N. Orthotics: national award winners for sustainability. December 2022. Institute of Health and Social Care Management.https://ihm.org.uk/2022/12/01/orthotics-national-award-winners-for-sustainability/
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