Department of Orthopaedics, Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham, UK
Research Article
Telephone Follow-up in Hand Surgery-Can One Surgeons Change of Practice Make an Environmental and Economic Impact?
Author(s): RA Fawdry*, O Stapleton, E Wardle, C Sook and A Kocheta
Background: NHS England produces around 24.9 million tonnes of CO2 each year and its mission to work towards net zero requires each of us to do our part. Orthopaedics contributes 20% of the carbon emissions of the NHS, so the focus on ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ in our specialty is important. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced telephone appointments to manage a range of conditions and have been shown to both be satisfying to patients but also capable of achieving good outcomes whilst having an environmental impact. We looked at how one surgeons’ change in practice has led to environmental and economic savings.
Methods: All patients who had undergone telephone follow up in the surgeon’s clinics in the period March 2020-March 2023 were retrospectively identified. The case notes were reviewed for condition, treatment and whet.. View More»
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