#GreenNursingChallenge
💚 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.”
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
💚 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.
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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. 🌎👇

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Green Nursing Challenge 2025
The Green Nursing Challenge is a CSH led project to support nurses to lead on sustainable healthcare initiatives and implement improvements to patient care with additional benefits of reducing costs…
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January 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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
🔗 https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/what-we-do/projects/green-nursing-showcase-2025/
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
October 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Oxfordshire’s team is planning to introduce continuous glucose monitors in community care. Better diabetes management. Fewer admissions. Lower carbon impact. #GreenNursingChallenge #CommunityNursing 
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July 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
💚 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.
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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: https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/activity/green-nursing-challenge-2025/
July 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
💚 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.
October 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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
June 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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!

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Join us in the Green Nursing Challenge to champion sustainability and drive positive change in nursing care. The NHS has committed to achieving NetZero emissions by 2040, extending to suppliers by…
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March 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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
🔗 https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/what-we-do/projects/green-nursing-showcase-2025/
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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
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September 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
💚 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
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
💚 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.
October 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
💚 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. 💊
October 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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
🔗 https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/what-we-do/projects/green-nursing-showcase-2025/
September 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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
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July 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Lewisham is developing a structured ‘Trial Without Catheter’ process. Reducing unnecessary catheter use = fewer complications + lower emissions. 
#GreenNursingChallenge #UrologyCare #PreventativeCare #GreenerNHS 
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July 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Sheffield’s Progressive Care Unit is replacing single-use kidney dishes with reusables. Reducing waste. Saving money. Protecting the planet. 
#GreenNursingChallenge #SustainableTheatre #WasteReduction 
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July 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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
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July 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM