{"id":262987,"date":"2025-11-14T19:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/262987\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T19:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:43:17","slug":"sussex-hospital-trust-launches-clinical-recycling-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/262987\/","title":{"rendered":"Sussex hospital trust launches clinical recycling scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dedicated waste bins have been implemented throughout hospitals to collect non-infectious clinical waste.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Transported to a nearby staff training facility, the waste is then re-used in simulation settings, where non-sterile medical items are needed on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Julie Turner, from the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare, said: &#8220;So many items end up as clinical waste simply because they can&#8217;t be used with patients \u2013 but in training, they&#8217;re invaluable. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;By repurposing instead of disposing, we save money, reduce waste, and create more realistic learning environments for NHS staff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Items unsuitable for training are donated to humanitarian projects abroad, including mannequins, catheters and cannulas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ellie Gibson, palliative care specialist nurse, said: &#8220;Delivering realistic palliative care simulation has helped our team strengthen communication, compassion, and confidence in end-of-life care.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dedicated waste bins have been implemented throughout hospitals to collect non-infectious clinical waste. Transported to a nearby staff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-262987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}