Kate Pound
Improvement Lead at NHS England
NHS England, Emergency Care Improvement Support Team (ECIST)
England - East MidlandsEngland - London (South)England - national
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Kate Pound posted a new activity comment 2 years, 11 months ago
Thanks, that’s brilliant news.
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Kate Pound posted an update in the group Sustainable Healthcare 2 years, 11 months ago
Hi all,
I’m really concern about the CIVID testing and Lateral flow tests and the high levels plastic in them. My question is how could we develop an environmentally ‘friendly’ COVID testing kits. I wonder how many tests are done each day, what is the environmental impact each day? Thanks all -
Kate Pound joined the group Sustainable Healthcare 2 years, 11 months ago
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Kate Pound and Chris Hewitt are now friends 3 years, 5 months ago
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Kate Pound's profile was updated 3 years, 5 months ago
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Catherine Dale and Kate Pound are now friends 3 years, 7 months ago
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Paul Bowie and Kate Pound are now friends 3 years, 7 months ago
I agree, it’s an incredible amount of plastic and waste, and the urgency of response has not allowed procurement to address this, or innovation in the field. I think that the new UKHSA has to prioritise this as we hopefully move to stability, along with the AHSNs supporting the innovation side. I’m at DHSC T&T at the moment so I can ask the…Read more
Thank you for being willing to ask the question, Liz. Please do feedback to Kate and the group what you find. It’s a very hot topic at the moment and it would be good dig down into looking at the extent and impact of the problem to inform the search for solutions.
Thanks, that’s brilliant news.