Further Additional Resources.
Guidelines
The Greener Practice website is rich in resources to support conversations between healthcare professionals and patients, it includes resources such as: Patient friendly posters, SMS templates, visual guides, data, Maintenance and Reliever (MART) Resources, visual guides etc: Resources – Greener Practice.
- Greener Practice Guide on “How to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Inhaler Prescribing”.
- PrescQIPP have produced resources to support low carbon inhaler prescribing: Bulletin 295: Inhaler carbon footprint.
- A comparison table of the environmental impact of inhaler devices available on Devon Formularies (S&W, N&E).
Resources to aid patient conversation
- Patient inhaler choice decision aid
- Asthma + lung UK have a range of videos aimed at patients on inhaler technique: How to use your inhaler.
- Patient poster on how to manage asthma in different languages.
Patient friendly leaflets
- Asthma inhalers: a guide for adults – how inhalers work and the importance of regular preventer use.
- Inhalers and the environment
- Salamol poster
- Returning inhalers to the pharmacy
- Patient leaflet on inhaler choices
Respiratory Carbon footprint data
- Inhaler carbon footprint comparison tool
- ePACT carbon impact dashboard: Oracle Analytics Interactive Dashboards – Respiratory – Carbon Impact Dashboard (nhsbsa.nhs.uk)
- OpenPrescribing: Salbutamol MDI inhalers and Salbutamol MDI inhalers
