P2: Unexpected benefits – learning from waste reduction efforts and experiences before, during and after covid
Friday 11 June 2021 | 11:00-11:45
Format: Workshop
Stream: Quality, Cost, Value
Additional filters: Responses to the covid-19 pandemic
Is it possible to talk about waste reduction without also considering budgets, finances and the pressures they bring? They always go together – or do they? Conversations about reducing waste mainly involves money and materials, but recent experiences have taught us about the human benefits whether they be staff or service users. Experience of waste reduction through the Covid response has highlighted benefits that may not have seemed possible before. Attend this session to learn from the work of the Healthcare Improvement Alliance Europe waste workgroup and from the experiences of staff, patients and families in Northern Ireland.
After this session, participants will be able to:
- Consider the complexity of waste reduction as a wicked issue in healthcare and explore the varying ways this can be addressed
- Learn about the benefits for staff, patients and families, realised during the Covid response, and the burning need for rapid change
- Explore the Waste Playbook, designed to support staff consider the many ways they can impact on waste reduction in their everyday practice
Susan Hannah, IHI; Scotland
Gill Smith, Northern Trust; Northern Ireland
James Mountford, Royal Free London NHS Trust; England
Maureen Bisognano, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); USA