Green stories: Pre-operative appointments to reduce costs and emissions in hand therapy
Emma Baker hand therapy service lead at Northampton General Hospital. Emma discusses her project, aimed to improve the process of getting post-operative plastics patients into hand therapy appointments.
Emma Baker, hand therapy team lead at Northampton General Hospital, led a project to improve the process for post-operative plastics patients. Instead of waiting until after surgery, patients visited the hand therapy department beforehand. They received education, had their first appointment scheduled, and avoided wasted appointments.
