The Green Team Competition is an award-winning programme in sustainable healthcare that transforms expert knowledge into action. It empowers NHS and healthcare organisations to bring sustainability and healthcare together, to improve clinical outcomes, reduce organisational costs and become thought leaders in their journey toward net zero.
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Cut Carbon to meet Net Zero targets
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Improve staff well-being
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Reduce Costs and Save Money.
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Improve Patient Care.
“The Green Team Competition is a brilliant initiative which captured the energy and enthusiasm of our frontline teams from across the Trust. The projects saved carbon, saved money and improved patient care. They really showcased some of the outstanding innovation in our teams”.
Alex Whitfield, Nov 2023
Chief Executive
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Green Team Competition offers both bigger picture understanding and guides practical changes in sustainable healthcare – transforming knowledge into action.
As a healthcare worker, you can directly influence, implement and measure changes in your daily practice, showing tangible benefits to net zero carbon, cost and care.
As an organisation, you can empower your staff with the knowledge and skills needed to contribute to sustainable models of care, whilst receiving an impressive return on investment.
I am a healthcare worker / clinician who would like my organisation to host a green team competition
I am interested in commissioning a competition in my setting. I am a member of Quality Improvement, Sustainability, Estates, Procurement or Strategy teams
Competitions offer a range of social benefits for
Patients such as..
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Improved experience through care pathways
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Less unnecessary/low value, invasive or uncomfortable procedures
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Addressing patient and public concerns of climate change
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Increased awareness of links between environment and their health
Staff such as..
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Improved efficiency
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Time gained back for higher value work
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Aligning personal values with work practices
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Professional development opportunites
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Boosting staff morale
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Increased motivation for QI
How it works
The Green Team Competition invites six teams from within your healthcare delivery organisation to engage in our mentoring programme and begin their journey toward improving Sustainability in Quality Improvement, 'SusQI', through a variety of projects.
Your teams will be led by experienced experts in healthcare, education and sustainability to increase understanding, implement positive change, and introduce a series of closely mentored practical projects that will generate high impact outcomes.
All outcomes will be tracked and evidenced to document the positive impact on the environment, patient care and organisational costs, and each team will present their project in a ceremony designed to celebrate everyone's achievements.
Our Success Stories
Organisations who have participated in the Green Team Competition since 2019 are detailed on the map below. Please click on an organisation for links to their Impact Reports, or view a list of Impact Reports here.
More 2023 Green Team organisations will be added soon!
Case Study Spotlight
For more Green Team case studies, please see our Resource Library.
Our Recent Awards
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2023 HSJ Towards Net Zero Award
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The 2022 Infection Prevention & Control team was highly commended.
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The 2022 Gloucestershire Home Enteral Feeding team were nominated.
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Greener Nursing Award in the Royal College of Nursing Awards 2023
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Holly Slyne, who led the 2022 Infection Prevention & Control team was the winner
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Alex Langstaff, who led the 2022 the Christie's Photobiomodulation project, was nominated.
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NHS Sustainability Partnerships Awards.
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Winners in the 2018, 2019 and 2022. The most recent winner was The Infection Prevention & Control team from Northamptonshire in the Staff Engagement Category
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International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Copenhagen 2023.
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Two Green Team ePosters were presented
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BMJ Net Zero Clinical Care Conference 2023.
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Dr Lynn Riddell presenting their 2022 Northampton project on reducing low value appointments
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The CSH SusQI team presented on SusQI education.
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Several Green Team projects were accepted for poster presentations
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I am a healthcare worker / clinician who would like my organisation to host a green team competition
I am interested in commissioning a competition in my setting. I am a member of Quality Improvement, Sustainability, Estates, Procurement or Strategy teams
Contact us
Hazel Walsh, Clinical Transformation Programme Manager
Please contact Hazel for further information or to schedule a Teams call.