Delivering Greener Respiratory Healthcare

The changing environment has direct consequences for patients and the NHS. The NHS accounts for approximately 4-5% of England’s greenhouse gases and have set a target to reach Net Zero by 2040.^1,2 Achieving this target requires drastic steps to be implemented, but how should respiratory treatment be adapted without compromising patient care?

In this presentation, Carol Stonham discusses the opportunities to reduce carbon footprint, the environmental benefit of inhaler recycling and practical ways of delivering greener respiratory healthcare using a holistic view without leaving the patient’s wellbeing behind.

References:

1. NHS. Greener NHS campaign to tackle climate ‘health emergency’, https://www.england.nhs.uk/2020/01/greener-nhs-campaign-to-tackle-climate-health-emergency/

2. NHS. Delivering a net zero national health service, https://www.england.nhs.uk/greenernhs/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2020/10/delivering-a-net-zero-national-health-service.pdf

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• Carol Stonham, MBE

  Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

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  Carol Stonham, MBE

  Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Gloucestershire CCG

  Role and Location

  Ms Stonham works at Gloucestershire CCG on the Respiratory Clinical Programme Group and runs a locality-based asthma FeNO service. Ms Stonham has also been appointed as a co-clinical lead of the NHSE South West Respiratory Network.

  Education

  Carol Stonham qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1986 in Bristol and has worked in Primary Care in Gloucestershire since 1990. Ms Stonham has completed her MSc in Respiratory Care and is an independent prescriber. 

  Research

  Ms Stonham has previously been conducted research around the use of FeNO in primary care and was involved in respiratory nurse education. More recently her interests have moved to sustainable respiratory healthcare.

  Memberships

  Ms Stonham is current Executive Chair of PCRS – the first non-doctor and first female to take the chair. She is also a director of the UK Lung Cancer Coalition, and a board member of the UK Inhaler Group and National Asthma and COPD Audit and is chairing NHSE LTP Early and Accurate Diagnosis work stream as well as sitting on the NHS Long Term Plan Respiratory Delivery Board. She also co-chairs the Lung Health Task Force early and accurate diagnosis group.