Short courses in sustainability, health and healthcare

Our training courses offer a mix of core concepts and case studies, followed by live online workshops with expert advice on applying theory to practice in your setting. Designed for health professionals, educators, sustainability or estates managers, the courses prepare you to implement sustainability projects in your workplace, conduct research and contribute to developing and delivering your organisation’s Green Plan.

Foundation-Level Courses

These courses all offer an introductory-level overview of the field. This is what previous participants have thought about our foundation courses:

If you work in one of the specialties listed below, you will find it most useful to join that course as it is tailored to your field, offers many specialty-specific examples, and allows you to network with peers. If your speciality is not listed below, Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare will give a broad overview, with a focus on secondary care and links to examples in other specialites, and allow networking with a wide range of health professionals.

Technical Courses

These in-depth courses build skills for planning and measuring projects. It is helpful to have knowledge about sustainable healthcare before attending, either from our Foundation-level course, from our free eLFH modules ‘Building a Net Zero NHS’ or 'Sustainability in Quality Improvement', or at www.susqi.org

Carbon Footprinting for Healthcare
Sustainability in Quality Improvement (requires QI knowledge)
Teaching Sustainable Quality Improvement (requires teaching/training experience and SusQI knowledge)

Course Format

I. Self-study A 6-hour interactive online package with case studies which opens 4 weeks before your booked course. After working through the materials you are invited to identify a sustainability project you would like to undertake in your setting (optional). You will have access to the self study materials for 6 months after the workshop.

II. Workshop A 4-hour small group online workshop facilitated by national experts to answer questions and help you design and implement a sustainability project.

III. Mentoring The one-hour sustainable healthcare 'cafés' offer a friendly and informal setting in which to build networks and receive/offer advice from experts and peers on sustainability projects.

Foundation course participants can attend as many sustainable healthcare cafes as they wish to.
Technical course participants will be invited to a follow up session specifically linked to the workshop.

"I highly recommend the CSH courses. As someone who was interested in environmental sustainability but unsure how to incorporate this into my professional practice, I found it to be a great source of information (and inspiration!). A knowledgeable faculty provide real-life examples of how sustainability projects can improve the NHS for patients and the environment. The courses also provide a fantastic opportunity to network with other like-minded health care professionals (when one can sometimes feel like a ‘lone voice’ within a department!)"

Book with peace of mind: If you are unable to attend your workshop, we can offer you a later date for no charge. If you need to cancel, full refunds can be offered up to 4 weeks before the workshop date (admin fee of £30).

Interested in our courses but not able to join us? Please let us know why as this helps us address barriers to our training here.

Training for organisations

We have a variety of options available to organisations interested in booking courses to train their staff. These include block booking discounts, commissioned courses and board-level workshop in Leadership for Sustainable Healthcare

Courses

Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare

This foundation course offers an overview of the relationship between health, the health sector and the climate and ecological crises. How is the health system both vulnerable to and contributing to climate change and ecological degradation? What would a sustainable health system look like? What might the wider benefits be and how can we achieve this?

Please select one date:

Workshop: Wednesday 6 December [13.00-17.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 8 November

Workshop: Friday 26 January 2024 [9.00-13.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 29 December 2023
Workshop: Thursday 22 February 2024 [13.00-17.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 25 January 2024
Workshop: Thursday 7 March 2024 [13.00-17.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 8 February 2024
Workshop: Thursday 25 April 2024 [13.00-17.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 28 March 2024
Workshop: Thursday 2 May 2024 [13.00-17.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 4 April 2024
Workshop: Tuesday 21 May 2024 [9.00-13.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 23 April 2024
Workshop: Wednesday 26 June 2024 [13.00-17.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 29 May 2024

£95 - £250 + VAT | Learn more

Sustainable Primary Care

This foundation course is specifically tailored to health and social care staff working in primary care and offers an overview of the relationship between health, the health sector and the climate and ecological crises. How is the health system both vulnerable to and contributing to climate change and ecological degradation? What would a sustainable health system look like? What might the wider benefits be and how can we achieve this? The course also highlights the leadership role healthcare staff can play in providing healthcare for all within planetary boundaries.  

Please select one date:

Workshop: Thursday 7 December 13.00-17.00 GMT
- Self-study period opens: 9 November

Workshop: Tuesday 21 May 2024 [9.00-13.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 23 April 2024

£95 - £250 + VAT | Learn more

Sustainable Mental Healthcare

This foundation course is specifically tailored to health and social care staff working in mental health. It offers an overview of the relationship between health, the health sector and the climate and ecological crises; explains how the health system is both vulnerable to and contributing to climate change and ecological degradation; explores what a sustainable mental health system looks like, what the wider benefits could be and how we might achieve this. The course also highlights the leadership role mental health professionals can play in providing healthcare for all within planetary boundaries.  

Please select one date:

Workshop: Thursday 25 April 2024 [13.00-17.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 28 March 2024

£95 - £250 + VAT | Learn more

Sustainable Dentistry

This foundation course explains how dentistry contributes to climate change and ecological degradation, and helps dental care professionals and support staff in primary and secondary care to apply sustainable practices in their work. It offers an overview of the relationship between dentistry, health, and the climate and ecological crises: How are dentistry and healthcare both vulnerable to and contributing to climate change and ecological degradation? What does sustainable dentistry look like?

Please select one date:

Workshop: Thursday 22 February 2024 [13.00-17.00]
- Self-study period opens: 25 January 2024

£95 - £250 + VAT | Learn more

Sustainable Respiratory Care

This foundation course offers an overview of the relationship between human health and the climate and ecological crises, with a focus on respiratory health. It demonstrates how the health system is vulnerable to, but also contributes to,https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U7W46r6D_j8NLXVRwTn2xtE-N_cvmh8K/view?usp=sharing climate change and ecological degradation, examines the specific contribution of inhalers to carbon emissions and other environmental impacts and explores how to develop a more sustainable approach to respiratory healthcare whilst maintaining or improving quality of care.

The course also highlights the leadership role healthcare staff can play in the transformation towards a system that works for all, within planetary boundaries.

Please select one date:

Workshop: Friday 26 January 2024 [9.00-13.00 GMT]
- Self study opens: 29 December 2023

£95 - £250 + VAT | Learn more

Sustainable Anaesthetics

This foundation course offers an overview of the relationship between human health and the climate and ecological crises, with a focus on anaesthetics and the operating department. It demonstrates how the health system is vulnerable to, but also contributes to, climate change and ecological degradation, examines the specific contribution of anaesthetics to carbon emissions and other environmental impacts and explores how to develop a more sustainable approach to the practice of anaesthetics and the operating department, whilst maintaining or improving quality of care.

Please select one date:

*Fully Booked* Workshop: Tuesday 21 November [13.00-17.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 24 October

Workshop: Wednesday 26 June 2024 [13.00-17.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 29 May 2024

£95 - £250 + VAT | Learn more

Sustainable Kidney Care

This foundation course explores the bi-directional relationship between health and the environment, with a focus on kidney care. The climate crisis poses a threat to human health and current models of healthcare contribute to climate change and ecological destruction. Reducing the financial and environmental impact of services and improving their social value while ensuring a high standard of care is essential for making healthcare services sustainable. Using case studies, this course introduces the steps healthcare workers in nephrology can take to make their services greener and become leaders in sustainable transformation.

Upcoming course dates:

Workshop: Wednesday 6 December [13.00-17.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 8 November

Workshop: Thursday 2 May 2024 [13.00-17.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 4 April 2024

£95 - £250 + VAT | Learn more

Sustainable Child Health

This foundation course will explore the impacts of climate change on the health and wellbeing of children, on the running of services and considers how services may be contributing to the problem. We will outline a comprehensive vision of a system of care and an education plan that will maximise children’s opportunities to thrive and also allows the ecosystems which support them to flourish. Participants are invited to consider how the principles of sustainability can be applied in their settings, using a mix of theory and case examples. The workshop and ongoing support through the cafes will then support participants to develop and implement sustainability projects.

Workshop: Thursday 23 May 2024 [9.00-13.00 BST]

£95 - £250 + VAT | Learn more

Sustainable Procurement

This interactive course highlights the leadership role procurement staff can play in the transformation towards a net zero health system. The course provides an overview of the relationship between procurement, the health sector and the climate and ecological crises. How is procurement both vulnerable to and contributing to climate change and ecological degradation? What would sustainable procurement look like? Using a practical workshop approach the course explores the steps which procurement staff can take to become leaders in sustainable transformation.

Upcoming course dates:

Workshop: Wednesday 6 March 2024 [9.00-13.00 GMT]

£95 - £250 + VAT | Learn more

Public Health Leadership for Sustainability

This interactive foundation course equips public health professionals with leadership skills for environmental sustainability within and outside the health and care sector. The course provides an overview of the relationship between public health, the health sector and the climate and ecological crises. How is the health system both vulnerable to and contributing to climate change and ecological degradation? What would a sustainable health system look like? What might the wider public health benefits be and how can we achieve this?

Upcoming course dates:

Workshop: Thursday 11 January [9.00-13.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 14 December

Workshop: Tuesday 23 April 2024 [9.00-13.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 26 March

£95 - £250 + VAT | Learn more

Green Space and Health

Green space contributes to physical and mental wellbeing and offers therapeutic benefits for recovery from illness. This foundation course explores the evidence and illustrates how you can integrate these into your own practice. The course is intended for health and social care professionals in primary, secondary or social care, including those working in mental health and rehabilitation and those who want to improve staff wellbeing in any setting.

Workshop: Thursday 23 November [9.00-13.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 26 October
Workshop: Tuesday 27 February 2024 [13.00-17.00 GMT]

£95 - £250 + VAT | Learn more

Carbon Footprinting for Healthcare

This is a carbon literacy course for health professionals and quality improvement leads. It offers an understanding of what a carbon footprint is, how it can be used in the health sector's endeavour to go net zero and how it is measured.

Please choose one date:

Workshop: Wednesday 24 January 2024 [9.00-13.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 27 December 2023

Workshop: Wednesday 28 February 2024 [9.00-13.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 31 January 2024

Workshop: Wednesday 13 March 2024 [13.00-17.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 14 February 2024

Workshop: Tuesday 30 April 2024 [8.00-12.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 2 April 2024

Workshop: Wednesday 15 May 2024 [8.00-12.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 17 April 2024

Workshop: Tuesday 18 June 2024 [8.00-12.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 21 May 2024

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£150 - £350 + VAT | Learn more

Sustainability in Quality Improvement

This intensive course introduces health professionals and educators to the concept of ‘sustainable value’ and the ‘SusQI’ framework for integrating sustainability into quality improvement.

Workshop: Tuesday 5 December 9.00- 13.00 GMT
- Self-study period opens: 7 November

Workshop: Thursday 25 January 2024 [9.00-13.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 28 December 2023
Workshop: Wednesday 21 February 2024 [13.00-17.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 24 January 2024
Workshop: Tuesday 26 March 2024 [13.00-17.00 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 27 February 2024
Workshop: Thursday 18 April 2024 [9.00-13.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 21 March 2024
Workshop: Wednesday 22 May 2024 [9.00-13.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 24 April 2024
Workshop: Thursday 20 June 2024 [13.00-17.00 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 23 May 2024

£150 - £350 + VAT | Learn more

Teaching Sustainability in Quality Improvement

After completing the Sustainablility in Quality Improvement course, academic and clinical educators can join this mini-course to practice integrating sustainability concepts into mainstream quality improvement teaching.

Please select one date:

Workshop: Wednesday 6 March 2024 [9.00-11.30 GMT]
- Self-study period opens: 7 February
Workshop: Thursday 16 May 2024 [13.00-15.30 BST]
- Self-study period opens: 18 April

£95+ VAT | Learn more

Net Zero Leadership Training for Boards

Sustainable transformation across an organisation requires leadership and engagement from board-level staff. This interactive training workshop, designed for groups of board-level leads and tailored to local requirements, focuses on the expectations for their role in the NHS Net Zero Plan, the unique characteristics of leadership for sustainability, and what they can do to inspire, lead and measure change.

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Short courses in sustainability, health and healthcare

Foundation-Level Courses

Technical Courses

Course Format

Training for organisations

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