Patient Resources
- A range of downloadable posters are available here for display in patient areas on a wide range of topics
- Superdrug have facilities to return empty medicines blister packets for recycling - details can be found here https://www.superdrug.com/dgfs/waste-recycling/Medicine-Recycling
- There are a selection of downloadable posters to display in practice and patient waiting areas available here
- Dr Matthew Sawyer has written a BMJ article about ‘ How to discuss the climate crisis with patients’.
Inhalers - resources which practices may wish to share with patients
- Green Inhaler provides patient information about the carbon footprint of MDI’s. It also includes information about more environmentally friendly inhalers as well as recycling and safe disposal of inhalers.
- NICE has produced a patient decision aid to facilitate discussions about inhaler options.
- HNY ICB have created an an animated social media graphic here to help practices encourage patients to dispose of inhalers in a way which is kinder to the environment. You can use the animation on your Facebook and Twitter platforms with the message: "Please don't dispose of old or empty inhalers in household waste bins. Return them to community pharmacies so they can dispose of them in a way that is much kinder to the planet
- Display a refill link on patient notice boards, highlighting where water bottles can be refilled locally for free, avoiding the need to buy water in plastic bottles.. There is more info here https://www.refill.org.uk/ or there is another one here https://water-map.org/
- The Action for Clean Air website contains a range of downloadable resources/leaflets and graphics designed for patients and colleagues. Click the link to go to the page https://www.actionforcleanair.org.uk/health/knowledge-hub-health