Thames Valley Sustainable Operating Pathway (TVSOP)

Started in July 2021 with our launch event (see the talks here) TVSOP is a multidisciplinary network across the Thames Valley Deanery, aiming to examine and reduce where possible the environmental impact of our surgical and anaesthetic care from diagnosis through to recovery. We do this through education, engagement, and projects employing the SusQI framework.

Specifically we:

Work together across the region on sustainability projects of interest and relevance locally
Develop high quality and high impact evidence on our environmental impact to help drive local positive change in practice

Since spring 2022, OxDAT has a Green Representative, who will lead on the annual or twice-annual OxDAT / TVSOP teaching day and the region-wide projects.

Green representation:

OxDAT Green Rep Dr Alexander Boone tvsop@oxdat.com

Consultant green anaesthetic champions across the deanery:

Royal Berkshire Dr Lauren Williams
Milton Keynes Dr Ellie Tyagi
Bucks Dr Rich Kaye
Frimley Health Dr Renata Arszulowicz
OUH Anaesthetic Consultant Sustainability Lead Dr Søren Kudsk-Iversen
- JR group Dr Hanlie DuPlessis
- Maternity Dr Nicky Beale
- NOC Dr Khurram Ayub*
- West Wing / Paediatrics Dr Karen Medlock
- Churchill Dr Søren Kudsk-Iversen
- Horton Dr Steven Webster-Edge*
- Medications Safety Lead Dr Stuart Benham

Green Day 2022 Talks now available!

Click here for access to all the talks from our 2022 Green Day

Autumn 2023 - TVSOP Project 3: HVAC Switch-Off

This project was voted for at the July 2023 Green Day.

Local teams gathered HVAC usage data over a normal week in theatres, and compared it to actual theatre usage in order to establish each site's number of wasted hours of active HVAC in terms of financial cost and environmental burden.

The findings will be used to enact change locally and were presented at the Macintosh Day in January 2024.

Click here for more details of the findings and the team involved

Autumn 2022 - TVSOP Project 2: Nitrous Oxide Mitigation

This project was voted for at the 2022 Green Day.

Local teams gathered nitrous oxide usage data over a normal week in theatres, aswell as procurement data for nitrous oxide supply in order to establish the region's nitrous oxide usage and waste.

The findings will be used to enact change locally and were presented at the Macintosh Day in January 2023.

Click here for more details of the findings and the team involved

Autumn 2021 - TVSOP Project 1: Environmental Impact of Anaesthetic Agents

This project received the most votes at the July 2021 launch.

Focussing on 2019 and 2020 we gathered procurement and theatre activity data, to explore the carbon footprint of the anaesthetic vapours and propofol.

All hospitals across the region had trainee and consultant leads involved with the project.

The findings, besides being used locally at each trust to identify means to change practice, were presented at the Macintosh Day January 2022, a regional teaching day hosted by OxDAT and Oxford CPD.

Click here for more details of the findings and the team involved.

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