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Climate change education for the healthcare industry

[Intersurgical @intersurgical]

At Intersurgical, we are proud of our sustainability performance and our ongoing commitments to deliver our products to the highest quality, in the most sustainable, responsible and ethical way. As we mark Earth Day today, we’re highlighting just some of the measures we have recently implemented to reduce our emissions as a company.

📲 You can read more about our key achievements in our latest news feature: https://t.co/YMwRSLRN2q

#EcoIntersurgical #RespiratoryCare #EarthDay

[Sharpsmart @SharpsmartUK]

How much attention does waste management get in your infection prevention strategy? 🫣

In this blog, we explore how healthcare waste impacts IPC, where risks can arise, and what better system design looks like in practice.

https://t.co/f3Gawpb1Q3

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

At CPDmatch, we want to make your life as easy as possible so, if you have education you'd like us to list for you, just copy the URL into this form and click Submit. We will then review the education and if appropriate, list on CPDmatch.

https://t.co/0OAqMHYdLK

An email address is optional but if you do provide, we can feedback on successful listing and, if you have more education, provide advice on whether you should become a formal Education Provider.

This only costs you a few seconds of your time.

[Ambu @AmbuEurope]

In this episode of Scoping the Issues, Professor Richard Hixson — consultant in anaesthesia & critical care, physician, environmentalist and founder of @CPDmatch
— explains why sustainability is now a clinical imperative.

🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/M16G8LssdA

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

The Forum is free to attend for all NHS trusts, ensuring open access to practical guidance, actionable strategies, and real-world case studies that support progress towards NHS net-zero targets.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to engage with industry specialists, share best practices, and collaborate on approaches that drive meaningful environmental impact.

https://t.co/aQ5pDTM2EY

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

We’re excited to announce the opening for applications for our new cohort of the Enhancing Generalist Skills (enhance explore) starting 22nd April 2026 at York Hospital, Medical Education centre.

The Yorkshire and Humber Enhance Programme (an NHSE enhance explore course) is starting a new cohort in York on 22nd April 2026 and again in Hull in September 2026. The application deadline is 1st March 2026 for York. The programme is a CPD accredited, locally-focused, free professional development programme for all staff working in health and care, whether clinical or non-clinical, from primary, secondary or community care. In this area more than 160 staff to date, including nurses, doctors, service managers, AHPs, pharmacy professionals, primary care and voluntary sector staff have benefitted from the learning, which has brought service improvements and tangible benefits for patients along with fun, innovative, expert teaching and thought-provoking inter-professional collaboration. Generalist Skills are recognised as critical for delivery of the NHS 10 year plan, for supporting neighbourhood health teams, and for managing our services in a changing healthcare landscape.

The programme has had excellent feedback, and you can see video interviews with some of our participants here, or watch a short video about some of their projects and learning here. You do not have to be clinical to participate, and indeed, the wider the range of participants, the richer the learning. As one of our York participants has said "ENHANCE is the best thing I've done…It has helped prevent burnout, reminding me of all the possible ways I can help patients and their communities through generalist medicine. It has inspired me to get the best out of interactions with patients and colleagues, by encouraging my curiosity to understand the person and the community at the centre of NHS healthcare."

The enhance explore programme is a one-year programme with a mix of face-to-face teaching, some online sessions, off-site visits and self-directed learning. The cohort is completely mixed (depending who applies) and one of the best parts is the learning from colleagues and the discussions which take place on the days. We meet every seven weeks for a full day but in between times you are flexible around your other work commitments. Most people average 2-4 hours learning per week. You will do a QIP as part of the programme and will also produce a poster at the end to showcase your learning.

More information can be found by emailing us on [email protected], or by visiting our webpage. The ‘programme poster’ is attached if you wish to display in your staff area, along with the business card and application form.

[Ambu @AmbuEurope]

Driving Innovation in ENT Care: Ambu Partners with ENT UK

Ambu is proud to partner with @ENT_UK to improve patient care, explore community-based ENT models, and support workforce innovation.

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

A timely uplifting webinar for NHS staff facing the New Year clinical pressures.

https://t.co/5TPKtZiIHb

Find more free healthcare health and wellbeing education on https://t.co/3rRA1q7Tv4

[Ambu @AmbuEurope]

🎙 New Podcast Alert!

Prof. Mayilone dives into why single-use GI scopes matter beyond the endoscopy unit.
From ICU to ED, discover how portability saves lives.

Listen now: https://t.co/Rl33uVhbJ8

#Carebeyondexpectations #Gastroenterology

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

Propofol, pollution and ‘proper’ bins: how to dispose of medicines waste safely

A pleasure to collaborate on this article (https://t.co/HIiEP9rYcv) discussing the importance of segregating healthcare waste at the point of care and why the correct waste streams must be used with a particular focus on the disposal of propofol through the ‘blue’ medicinal waste stream.

The article presents benefits such as reduced use/incineration of fossil-fuel plastic, reduced greenhouse gases from waste processing, the potential to generate energy from waste and the reduced financial costs for healthcare organisations.

As the article is being a subscription paywall, I have summarised the calls to action:

🌎 Never dispose of pharmaceuticals down the sink. This is illegal and harmful to the environment.
🌎 Map waste pathways. Track the ‘miles travelled’ by yellow vs blue stream clinical waste to identify the most environmentally efficient routes for disposal.
🌎 Introduce blue medicinal waste streams in theatres and critical care units. If these containers are unavailable, drug waste should be disposed of in the yellow clinical waste stream, excluding cytotoxic drugs.
🌎 Ensure proper staff education on different waste streams.
🌎 Use visual reminders like flow chart posters, bin labels, and sink stickers (https://t.co/FiVd7Zz6Wb) to reinforce correct waste-disposal practices.

@SharpsmartUK

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

@AmbuEurope Congrats !

[Ambu @AmbuEurope]

ENT customers saved 14,124 kg CO₂e using aScope™ 4 Rhinolaryngo made from bioplastics — equal to 15,607 single-use gowns. Ambu continues driving sustainability and single-use innovation without compromising clinical performance.

Explore more: https://t.co/2SOGIEhDE9

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

@AmbuEurope It is so important to understand circularity can be macro (full device), micro (reuse of a single use device with the same patient) or molecular (recycling).

All of these must be considered and huge congrats to you all at Ambu for recognising and delivering.

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

@BarronMedia @TheNorthernEcho Yey, I see a dolphin 😀🐬❤️

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

@frogbikes Happy New Year to you too from us all at CPDmatch 🌍❤️🙏

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

@intersurgical Happy New Year to you too from us all at CPDmatch ❤️

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

Over 88% of the education advertised on https://t.co/UanpuCvq4j is virtual and free – a great start to 2026 and a new record.

CPDmatch will never need special offers or January sales as it will forever be free for education providers to advertise and site visitors to use. This maximises our ability to help all healthcare professionals find the climate and environmental education they need.

Understanding climate and environment is now a fundamental part of medicine from both the perspective of the healthcare industry impacts and in terms of what will be an increasing part of our clinical practice. This is why CPDmatch exists and the education advertised is so important.

Happy New Year to you all and here’s to a productive 2026 full of meaningful action and change.

@Philips @alexiskeech @intersurgical @AmbuEurope @SharpsmartUK

[Scott Guthrie @drsgu3]

Grateful to @Intersurgical for donating i-gel® supraglottic airway devices to all participating hospitals of the @Neonatal_Africa conference that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

With nearly 130 clinicians representing more than 50 hospitals from five countries, this donation will directly strengthen neonatal resuscitation and #SALSA capabilities across the region and save lives.

Partnerships like these transform care for critically ill newborns and we couldn’t do our work without you! አመሰግናለሁ!
#Intersurgical #RespiratoryCare #TFBSEthiopia2025
#ICHA
#NeoTwitter

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

@AmbuEurope Incredible 🙏

[CPDmatch @CPDmatch]

@intersurgical And from us all at CPDmatch too 🥳