RESOURCE PACK Resources collated from Our People Our Planet 2023 and other sources, to support green, sustainabilityfocused improvement work at your organisation.
Table of Contents Introduction to this pack
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Networks
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Extra Resources
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Acute Medical Care
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Acute Surgical Care
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Capital, Estates and Facilities
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Dental Care
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Mental Health and Community Health
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Pharmacy
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Primary Care
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Quality Improvement
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Learnings from a QI Patient Partner
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2023 Downloadable Certificates
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Our People, Our Planet 2024: Get Involved!
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Introduction
OUR PEOPLE, OUR PLANET 2023 Thank you for taking part in the NHS’ most collaborative virtual event to tackle carbon emissions. Over 1,000 of us shared what we are doing or learned from others, bringing insights to ignite action in our organisations. Here, you can find links to all of the sessions from Our People, Our Planet 2023. If you have problems accessing information in this pack, please contact katie.angus1@nhs.net.
A special thanks to contributing partners: Hilda Campbell MBE CEO of COPE Scotland
Greener NHS, NHS England
The Academy of FAB NHS Stuff
You! Our colleagues from across the NHS and beyond
Networks Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Networks The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare offers tens of specialist networks for you to engage with. No matter your professional background, you are likely to find a relevant network to support your sustainability work.
Access the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare networks Q Community Sustainable Healthcare Special Interest Group Institute for Health and Social Care Management Sustainability Special Interest Group
Extra Resources Greener NHS Email Bulletin Greener NHS Case Studies The Health Foundation Sustainability Pages The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Resource Library Our People, Our Planet 2022 resources (scroll to end of page)
Podcasts The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Podcasts Green NHS Leaders Podcast How to Save a Planet Outrage + Optimism
Access all recordings from Our People, Our Planet 2024
Acute Medical Care High Quality, Low Carbon Care Delivery Manraj Phull, Net Zero Delivery Manager NHS England Session recording[27 min] Slide pack Rolling out a new service for Prostate cancer patients and reducing carbon footprint Rachel Rathbone, Clinical Nurse Specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Session Recording [24 min] Slide pack Reusable Period Products: improving independence, comfort and dignity for patients Jackie Gordon, Occupational Therapist & Neurosciences, Sussex NHS Integrated Care Board and Clinical Fellow in Sustainability Session Recording[29 min] Slide pack Small Change, Big Impact: the ripples of reducing disposable O2 saturation probes in paediatric ED Dr. Clare Ginnis, ED Consultant & Clinical Lead for Quality Improvement, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Session recording [31 min] Slide pack Reducing Plastics in Outpatient Blood Tests for Renal Transplant Laura Kirk, Clinical Nurse Specialist & Joanna Hitchings, Renal Transplants Support Worker, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Session Recording [14 min] Slide pack Snowballing:- spreading small changes in haemodialysis practice form unit to service to region Dr. Mark Wright, Consultant in Renal Medicine & Chair of Yorkshire & Humber Kidney Network, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Session Recording [25 min] Slide pack
Acute Surgical Care Reusable PPE Dr. Andy Snell , Public Health Consultant and Paul Haytree, Head of Facilities, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Session recording[42 min] Slide pack Maximising Sustainability in the Hip and Knee Replacement Pathway Dr. Ben Bolland, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Session recording [26 min] Slide pack
Capital, Estates, & Facilities
Improving Sustainability within Catering Ian Stuart, Catering Manager, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Session recording[16 min] Slide pack Implementing an ISO certified Environmental Management System to Improve Performance Andrew Jackson, Environmental Manager, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Session recording [29 min] Slide pack
Resources NHS London Procurement Partnership NHS England - Greening the Business Case
Dental Reducing Carbon Impact through Creation of a Lean Referral Pathway in Specialist Paediatric Dental Services Dr. Neha Lalani, Dentist, City Health Care Partnership CIC Hull Session recording[25 min] Slide pack Reducing the Carbon Footprint by Reducing Treatment: Improving Management of Dental Injuries Sustained by Children at School Dr. Sara Butt, Dentist, City Health Care Partnership CIC Hull Session Recording [26 min] Slide pack Electronic Information Leaflets as an alternative to paper in Restorative Dentistry Dr. Stella Stasiak, Dentist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Session Recording[24min] Slide pack Further resources
Resources CSH How-to Guide for Sustainable Dentistry
Mental Health & Community Health Embedding Nature-Based Approaches to Health and Wellbeing Jane Soothill, Communities and Prevention Officer, Service County Council and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Service Session recording[33 min] Slide pack Ways to Mitigate Climate Crisis Despair and Inspire Action Hilda Campbell MBE, CEO Cope Scotland Session Recording [27 min] Slide pack Show me your meds...please ! Dr. Deb Gompertz, Complex Care GP, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Session Recording[29 min] Slide pack Creating a Sustainable Culture at Frome Community Hospital Peter Harvey Community Hospital Matron and Melissa Messenger, Senior Administrator, Frome Community Hospital Session recording [25 min] Slide pack Patient Empowerment in Reducing Carbon: a SusQI case study from an Eating Disorder Unit Monika Hornakova, Sustainability Manager, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Session Recording [26 min] Slide pack
Resources COPE Scotland Jigsaw Toolkit CSH Guide for Green Walking in Mental Health Recovery Royal College of Psychiatrists COP26 Blog
Pharmacy Nix the Nitrous Dr. Rebecca Pugsley, Consultant Anaesthetist, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Session recording[31 min] Slide pack Reducing the number of unnecessary couriers booked to transport medication between hospitals sites during weekends Coralie Leighton, Pharmacist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Session Recording [24 min] Slide pack Reducing Costs and Plastic Waste by Reducing Administration of IV Metronidazole Dr Rachael Rodger, Antimicrobial Pharmacist, NHS Greater Glasgow and NHS Trust Session Recording[24 min] Slide pack Entonox : Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Waste Gas in Maternity Laura Stevenson, Associate Chief Pharmacist - Aseptic Services, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Session recording [28 min] Slide pack Inhaler Recycling at Charing Cross Hospital Rosalind Chung, Sustainability Manager and Aba Beecham, Specialist Rotational Pharmacist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Session Recording [27 min] Slide pack Swapping out Single-use Plastics at Plymouth Hospital Pharmacy Siobhan Fahy, Specialist Technical Officer and Natasha KoshtiSymonds, Aseptic Services Pharmacy Technician, University Hospitals Plymouth Session Recording [25 min] Slide pack
Primary Care Decarbonisation of Rye Hospital Barry Nealon, Chairman and Jo Posnette, Trustee and Board Member, both Rye, Winchelsea & District Memorial Hospital Session recording[26 min] Slide pack Filter Village, Healthy Planet, Community Engagement in Carbon Offsetting Dr. Sarah Andersen, GP, Herstmonceux Integrative Health Centre Session Recording [29 min] Slide pack Net Zero Programme to Reduce Carbon Footprint in General Practice Victoria Gaffney, Primary Care Development Manager & Yasmin Ahmed, Net Zero Deputy Lead, Royal College of General Practitioners Session Recording[26 min] Slide pack Reducing Inhaler Carbon Footprint Whilst Improving Asthma Care Dr. Aarti Bansal, GP and Net Zero GP Lead for Humber and North Yorkshire, Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board Session recording [29 min] Slide pack High Impact Intervention to support sustainable practice in Primary Care Dr. Ben Lees, GP Partner, The Leckhampton Surgery and Chair, Greener Practice Gloucestershire & Dr. Kat Bristol, GP Partner, The Cam and Uley Practice and ICB Primary Care Sustainability Lead Session Recording [31 min] Slide pack
Primary Care Creating Contagious Change in Primary Care Dr. Katherine Brown GP Lead, Narrowcliff Surgery & Manda Brookman, Martin Cluer, Lee Marshall and Emily O’Reilly at Volunteer Cornwall Session Recording [55 min] Slide pack Acquiring Sustainable Diamonds: How one quality improvement project led to multiple sustainability awards across a Primary Care Dr. Abi Fry, GP, Mile Oak Medical Centre Session Recording [26 min] Slide pack
Resources Primary Care Green Impact for Healthcare Toolkit Greener Practice Low Carbon Asthma Toolkit Royal College of General Practitioners Net Zero Hub
Quality Improvement Welcome to Our People, Our Planet: Quality Improvement for Greener Healthcare and Wellbeing Session Recording [49 min] NHS Elect & Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Supporting a QI Approach to Sustainability
Catherine Heaney, Associate Director of QI at NHS Elect, Thomas Stonock, QI Communications Officer, Robert Strachan, Facilities Manager, Jessica Lorrain, Midwife & Helen Murphy, Waste Manager, all Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Session recording[44 min] Slide pack
Metrics Matter: Measuring sustainable value in QI Work (inc. introduction to carbon footprinting)
Catherine Richards & Rosie Hillson, SusQI Programme Lead & Carbon Modelling Specialist, The Centre of Sustainable Healthcare
Session Recording[57 min]
Integrating sustainability into QI at an organisational level
Catherine Richards, SusQI Programme Lead, The Centre of Sustainable Healthcare, Kevin Blackmore, QI Manager & Joe Wickens, QI Facilitator, both Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Session recording [60 min]
Using Knowledge and Evidence in QI Including Health Literacy
Jess Pawley, Knowledge Evidence Specialist, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Session recording [40 min] Slide pack Further resource 1 and resource 2
Learn to Green : Adapting QI to Support the Planet
Elaine Mead, Executive Director of Improvement, Care and Compassion, The Institute for Health and Social Care Management & Sophie Williams, Continuous Improvement Specialist, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Session Recording [39 min]
Resources
CSH SusQI Resources Quality Improvement- Knowledge and Evidence Resources
Key Learnings from Tony, QI Patient Partner in Leeds I am a QI Patient Partner with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Drawn to this conference by the desire to learn about possible ways to mitigate climate crisis despair and promote sustainability, in the current national context of seeming retreat. The needs of the person, who is patient, can only be met sustainably if we pivot to a co-creative nurture of the person, locality, region, planet and cosmos. Not only are birds at risk of extinction; all animals are as well. Of course, homo sapiens are animals. Look. This affects us as a species. Keep faith with your belief system, despite challenges. It is about using your gift to promote sustainable and complete design. Things which matter most of all cannot be counted. They are felt/sensed; they sustain the spirit, as they provide purpose. Tribal association with others is central to sustainability. Whilst virtual interaction can reduce resource demands, it does not always create interactional value, because homo sapiens are social beings and function most fully when they use all their senses synthetically, bodily. Consequently, careful discernment is essential. It is in the spirit that we find purpose. The concept of contagious paradigm shift emerged from the event: I love it
Certificates Download editable certificates of involvement for attendees or presenters here:
Presenters
Attendees
Get Involved! OUR PEOPLE, OUR PLANET 2024 The virtual Our People, Our Planet event is set to return in autumn 2024 – be part of it! The climate emergency is a health emergency: drivers of climate change are drivers of ill health. The sheer size and scale of our healthcare system provides countless opportunities for more environmentally sustainable ways of working. Let’s continue to learn from each other and spread what works, on a national scale. We’re on the lookout for presenters to feature in the next event. It’s a great opportunity to raise the profile of your work, inspire others and avoid peers reinventing the wheel. You’ll also be able to extend your professional networks. If you are part of any projects to improve environmental sustainability in a healthcare setting we’d love to hear from you. Please contact: nicola.lowe@somersetft.nhs.uk Thank you and see you next year!