Integrating environmental sustainability into QI offers a practical way for upskilling healthcare staff to contribute to building a Net Zero NHS, while also improving care for patients. We have been thrilled by the success of our SusQI Education Project which saw SusQI pilot sites established across the four nations of the UK embed sustainability into QI education and training for medical, nursing and allied healthcare professionals.
The UK Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) commissioned The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare to produce guidance for action on climate change mitigation for Public Health England’s All Our Health programme, which supports health and care workers, emergency services and the wider public health workforce to prevent illness, protect health and promote wellbeing.
This year, five teams from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHT Trust participated in the Green Ward Competition, a clinical leadership and engagement programme for NHS Trusts to improve their sustainability within their service.
We are pleased to announce that registration for our next Connecting Q Locally webinar events is now open. Join us and our inspiring panelists as we discuss how to embed sustainability into quality improvement education, training, and practice.
Writing on the winter solstice here in the UK, the shortest day of the year - truly mid-winter. And then tomorrow the light will start to take over the darkness and spring will be on the way! 2021 has brought us growth and many positive things.
This year, five surgical teams from around the UK competed in the first-ever 'Green Surgery Challenge'. Through the challenge they have effectively reduced the carbon footprint of surgery by creating new devices, streamlining procedures, switching to reusable equipment, and altering the type of anaesthetic used for certain operations.
Europe’s leading conference on sustainable healthcare, CleanMed Europe, will be held online from 29 November – 3 December 2021. Hosted by Health Care Without Harm Europe, the conference showcases cutting-edge practices in sustainable healthcare and is the ideal venue for healthcare innovators to network and share ideas, finding new ways to drive change within their organisations and communities.
In November, the UK hosts COP26 in Glasgow, bringing world leaders together to address climate change. Through the representation of 10 members of our network, the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
We are pleased to introduce the team from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust who will be joining the Green Surgery Conference November 4th as one of the Green Surgery Challenge finalists.
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is pleased to announce the Green Surgery Conference, cohosted by the Royal College of Surgeons England, will be held November 4th, 12:00-14:30.