Green Impact for Health

Moatfield Surgery has been awarded the BRONZE award for Green Impact activities. This demonstrates our commitment to sustainability in general practice.

 

 

We have been working towards:

  • Reducing medicine wastage by comparing our prescribing to national and local levels

  • Reducing to almost zero our printed prescriptions.

  • Reducing waste material to reuse and recycle where possible. Reducing our plastic use. Using recycled paper.

  • Reducing the amount of Metered Dose inhalers by considering patients with asthma to use alternative devices- which have a lower carbon footprint. Make patients aware of inhaler recycling schemes locally. Our practice pharmacist and nursing team facilitate both good asthma care and sustainable choices of inhalers. Please speak to the team if you want to review your inhalers. 

 

We are a training practice committed to training new GPs and building resilience and workforce sustainability.

 

Moatfield surgery has developed a long-term condition “group consultation” management. This empowers patients to learn from each other- in addition to our group facilitators and lead clinicians. Our website now has been developed with links with more information to help patients work with us to improve the management of their long-term conditions. 

 

We support breastfeeding and can help you access resources. Please visit our Paternity and Maternity page to seek further advice on breastfeeding.

 

Healthier Planet, Healthier People

Our Healthier Planet page details the ways in which we are working towards a Greener NHS, how climate change is affecting our health and the ways in which you can help to fight Climate Change.

This includes

  • Diet changes

  • Mental Health Resources

  • The impact of climate change on your long-term conditions such as Asthma. 

 

 

There are many more things we want to improve on. If you have any ideas for sustainability then please let the practice know.

To find out more about sustainability within the NHS and general practice, please visit:

Published: Jul 9, 2020