SusQI Showcase 2024:
Rachel Cottam has worked for the NHS for 30 years, the last 12 months have been as a Strategy & Planning manager at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Prior to this she was the Interventional Radiology manager in Medical Imaging. She has both clinical and management experience and a keen interest in quality improvement and sustainability.
Talk Synopsis:
To meet their sustainability strategic aims, Sheffield Teaching Hospital embarked on a Green Teams Competition (GTC) in collaboration with CSH
The winning project piloted reusable tourniquet adding social value by improving patient and staff experience and enabled wider education and discussions with staff about the relationship between healthcare and the environment.
Scaled up across the trust, this project could saving £35,000/year and almost 25,0000kgCO2e/year (equivalent to driving 73,000 miles in an average car)