Stobhill Hospital and the New Victoria Hospital are our first sites to adopt waste segregation in clinical and non-clinical areas and our plan is to role this out on a site by site basis across the NHSGGC.
Segregation in the six theatres at Stobhill showed a 70% reduction in orange bag waste with a saving of 42 tonnes of waste volume, £17,000 cost avoidance and C02 saving of 17 tonnes.
Neptune 3 is a closed-circuit waste management system that collects, transports, and disposes of surgical waste fluid helping protect staff from exposure whilst increasing efficiencies in the operating room.
There is a potentially significant waste and cost saving from eliminating Vac Sacs from the waste stream which weigh around 2kg each that are treated through the clinical waste stream.
DMR is a broad term used to describe different types of clean recycling waste that can be reused, reformed or broken down into their core materials. They include: dry paper waste, office paper, newspaper and magazines, cereal boxes, card and cardboard boxes, clean, empty cans and tins, clean and dry drinking bottles, milk bottles, and others.
The DMR system utilises existing metal general waste (black lid) bins and infrastructure. The use of existing bins negates the need for purchase of equipment, identification of additional space and will satisfy IPC protocols.
A new implementation plan was developed for the new financial year in order to implement, expand or refine existing systems on all acute sites across NHSGGC.
The new target for recyclates for FY 23 – 24 is 35% (currently 16%).
Councillor Robert Moran is appointed as a non-executive member of the Board from 22nd July 2024 until 30th April 2027. He is a former Provost of Inverclyde and current Inverclyde Council elected member representing Ward 2 Inverclyde East Central and is the Chair of the Inverclyde Integrated Joint Board (IJB) – the organisation that oversees local health and social care functions delegated to it by the Inverclyde Council and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board and delivered by Inverclyde Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP). He is also chair of the General Purposes Board, the Council’s civic licensing regulatory board.
Robert was first elected as a councillor in 1994 and served for two years. He was re-elected in 2003 and has served continuously since then. He was Provost of Inverclyde from 2012 until 2017.
Robert is a former Convener of Health and Social Care and was a Children’s Panel member for a number of years, also serving as Inverclyde’s representative on the Area Support Team, which provides support to the Panel. He also previously served as Convener of the Council’s Safe, Sustainable Communities Committee, served on the Strathclyde Police and Fire boards for eight years, was a member of COSLA Executive Committees for nine years, and was also the council’s Health Champion.
Prior to entering politics, Robert worked as a fabricator and steelwork supervisor on oil rigs and in shipyards.
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Trustee, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Fund
Karen Turner became a member of the Board on 1st July 2024.
Karen has over 40 years’ experience working in health, including as Director of Mental Health for NHS England (2015 – 2018) where she oversaw a new plan and funding for the expansion of mental health services in England.
Karen has had different roles in the NHS, in the prevention of poor health and in health policy, and particularly enjoys working with patient partners, with staff, local councils and research academics to deliver effective and compassionate care to patients.
Karen is a lay trustee and Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She is Chair of Strength and Learning through Horses, which offers equine therapy and education to young people facing disadvantage.
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Libby Cairns became a member of the Board on 1st July 2024.
Libby has 30 years’ career experience dedicated to working in the public and third sectors. She is a former Chief Executive of a not-for-profit organisation.
Libby has extensive experience in governance, leadership, financial strategy, formulating and implementing strategic plans and priorities, delivering a people focused service and working collaboratively within a multi-agency environment.
Libby is a qualified CIPFA accountant and a LLB Strathclyde University graduate. She has a BA in Business Economics and a post graduate qualification in Mediation and Conflict Resolution.
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Trustee – NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowments Fund
Lesley-Ann McDonald became a member of the Board on 1st July 2024.
Lesley-Ann graduated from Glasgow University in 1989 and worked in private practice in Glasgow before moving to the public sector as a solicitor for the then Comhairle nan Eilean in 1993. During her career in the Western Isles, she acquired further skills in governance, corporate policy and community planning and was involved in the establishment of health and social care partnerships.
Since retiring in 2018 Lesley-Ann has volunteered with Clydesdale Foodbank and has been a Board member of Clydesdale Housing Association since 2022. In these roles she has gained insight to the difficulties faced by the most vulnerable in society as well as the impact of positive interventions such as the provision of good quality affordable housing.
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Non Executive Board Member, NHS Lanarkshire
Chair, South Lanarkshire IJB
Member, East Dunbartonshire IJB
Member, West Dunbartonshire IJB
Trustee, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Fund
Management Committee Member, Clydesdale Housing Association
Cath Cooney is appointed as a non-executive board member from 1st July 2024 until 30th June 2028.
Cath brings many years of experience from senior programme and policy leadership roles across the public sector, public health, inequalities-sensitive practice, health and social care, as well as the voluntary sector in Scotland and the UK.
From her first role as an NHS Medical Laboratory Scientist, she has since held leadership positions across the NHS, and community and third sectors with a particular focus on working in partnership to address the causes and consequences of inequalities, fostering community and stakeholder engagement, and strengthening the voice of lived experience.
She recently completed her term as a member of the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling of Great Britain with a focus on public health and lived experience-informed approaches to addressing gambling harms.
Cath currently works independently in supporting leadership development and strengthening capabilities in systems change.
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Board Member, Advisory Board for Safer Gambling, Gambling Commission
Managing Director and Founder, Cath Cooney Consulting
Director, Scottish Leadership Institute CIC
Associate Director, The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland
Member, East Renfrewshire IJB
Member, Renfrewshire IJB
Trustee, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Fund
Brian Auld became a member of the Board on 1st July 2024.
Brian is a Chartered Environmental Health Officer and registered safety professional, and is currently Head of Health, Safety and Sustainability at Scottish Canals. He brings over 20 years’ regulatory, enforcement, and assurance experience gained within the public and third sectors across different industries in Scotland.
Brian was one of the first Inspectors appointed during the creation of the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) and was responsible for the inspection of NHS services and the regulation of private healthcare. He is the former Director of Professional Development with the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS) and Head of Safety, Risk and Compliance with the Church of Scotland General Trustees.
Brian is passionate about continuous improvement, organisational governance and risk management and looks forward to bringing his experience to Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board as the Whistleblowing Champion member.
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Head of Health, Safety and Sustainability, Scottish Canals
Trustee and Council Member, The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS)
Trustee, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Fund
Martin Cawley became a member of the Board on 1st July 2024.
Martin has worked in the health and social care sector for around 40 years. A learning disability nurse by profession, Martin worked in the NHS for the earlier part of his career before joining the third sector.
Martin has held senior positions in the voluntary sector as Director of Services with Quarriers and spent eight years as CEO of Turning Point Scotland. He also spent three years as Director for Scotland at the National Lottery Community Fund.
In his most recent role, Martin was CEO of Beatson Cancer Charity for five years. During his career he has held a number of non-executive roles and been involved in various national working groups and umbrella organisations.
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