A new plan being considered by one of London's biggest NHS trusts will see face masks turned into prosthetics, bed pans, syringes or clogs for theatre staff
At Imperial, whose hospitals include St Mary’s and Charing Cross, more than 9.8 million IIR face masks were used across a 13-month period in the pandemic. If successful, the project could be rolled out to other trusts. The NHS is committed to being net zero by 2045.
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