WINNER: NHS Wales in Partnership with The Institute of Clinical Science and Technology: The Sustainable Inhaler Prescribing Toolkit

Inhalers account for 3 per cent of NHS carbon emissions. There are millions of inhalers prescribed across Wales every year; most of these are high global warming potential inhalers, but there are alternatives. This digital toolkit delivers interventions to empower patients and healthcare professionals, and encourages switching to sustainable inhaler alternatives, where patients’ control is not affected; reduces variation in inhaler prescribing; optimises patient disease control and patient outcomes, and reduces inappropriate inhaler spending.

The sustainable inhaler prescribing toolkit has achieved full implementation across Wales, reaching 99 per cent of GP practices and secondary care services.

Read a detailed case study about this project at HSJ Solutions

Highly commended

  • Barts Health Trust and SedateUK: SEDlog: Digitising Sedation Practice Towards Net Zero

Finalists

  • Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts Health Trust: Digitalisation of Electrocardiograms (ECGs) at Barts Health Care Trust: Service Development From Online Requesting to Delivering Online ECGs at Four Large Hospitals. “Every ECG – A Digital ECG”
  • Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board: The Move to Net Zero in NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System in Partnership with Redmoor Health
  • Mobilityways: Mobilityways - Making Zero Carbon Commuting a Reality
  • North East London ICB and Medefer: Environmental Sustainability Through Virtual Care
  • Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust: Implementing and Embedding Digital Healthcare on a Global Scale

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