Surplus NHS supplies find new life helping those in need

This article has been put together for Warp It Administrators, to help you pilot the Warp It programme.

The optimal stage to run a pilot is once you’ve set yourself up on the system, got to grips with the settings and customisable features, and have some insights about what the first major milestones you wish to deliver are.

Topics: Warp It admin, Reuse program: Pre Launch, Orientation

Make no bones about it the Procurement Department hold the keys to sustainability in any organisation.

It is therefore important that the procurement department take an active role and demonstrate leadership. In this article we give you an easy win to raise the profile of the Procurement Department and demonstrate leadership.  

The purpose of this article is to highlight some of the issues that are caused when organisations do not reuse surplus furniture and equipment & we also illustrate 6 benefits of having a reuse system.

This article is also very important for those who wish to encourage their procurement departments to engage more with reuse.

Topics: Procurement, Buy in, Reuse program: Planning stage, Features and benefits, People

Everything reused via Warp It has a value attached to it. This is so accurate data and reports on the values of reuse can be created.

Here is a guide on how this data is created.

Topics: Warp It admin, Features and benefits

Circumstances change and you may need to alter descriptions of items listed on Warp it.

Topics: Warp It admin, Features and benefits

Introducing a Warp It reuse programme into your organisation might take some perseverance, it might take creating a business case, it might take demonstrating an existing failing system, and it might take sharing some case studies as proof of the model.

However you have to do it, it’s likely that emails are going to be involved. So, we’ve put together 5 top tips to help you get noticed in the inboxes of senior management, who might think that they are too busy for reuse.

Topics: Guidance for projects, Reuse program: Planning stage

To have the best possible reuse outcome, you need to have as many people involved as possible. 

 

Topics: Warp It admin, Features and benefits

Hey, Warp It members!

You may have noticed a theme in our content recently. We’ve been putting together ideas about how you can get more support from senior management, all the way up to the CEO.

Topics: Buy in, Warp It admin, Reuse program: Planning stage, Easy wins

The purpose of this article is to show the benefits of a Warp It reuse system to Waste Managers and other related positions.

The Waste Manager (or equivalent) on an estate usually has responsibility for all of the waste that's produced there. This means one of their key objectives is to dispose of this waste in a safe, legal, and sustainable manner. That means managing, recycling, and disposing of solid waste, hazardous waste, bulky waste.

Topics: Buy in, Facilities management, Reuse program: Planning stage, Features and benefits, People

We welcome Simon Laughton, Facilities Senior Supervisor from the Facilities Department at St Mary’s Hospital on the Isle of Wight.

He’s here to talk about their new reuse project and the immediate positive effect that it has had.

Topics: NHS, Case study, Sustainable healthcare