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The Green Surgery Project

This national initiative helps surgical teams reduce the environmental impact of their care while maintaining high-quality patient outcomes. It brings together evidence, practical guidance and recommendations to support the transition towards net zero surgery.

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Green ED

GreenED is a Royal College Emergency Medicine (RCEM) initiative helping Emergency Departments measure and reduce their environmental impact while maintaining or improving patient care. Its sustainability framework sets out practical, evidence-based actions for greener emergency medicine, with departments able to work towards Bronze, Silver and Gold accreditation.

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Greener NHS Resource Hub

Access free templates, case studies, webinars and quality improvement resources to support sustainable practice and accelerate your sustainability journey.

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Healthcare Leaders’ handbook for setting decarbonisation targets

Learn how to set science-based decarbonisation targets for your organisation, develop an implementation plan, measure progress and draw on real-world healthcare case studies to support climate action. 

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Prepare your practice for heatwaves

This practical guide from the Royal College of General Practitioners outlines the health risks, identifies vulnerable patients and provides clear actions to protect patients, staff and services during heatwaves. 

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Green Physicians Toolkit

This practical toolkit brings together evidence-based guidance, case studies and actionable advice to help clinicians embed sustainability into everyday clinical care.

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HOW TO: Educate members on the links between climate and health

HOW TO: Prioritise plant-based and sustainably sourced food

Support from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

Green speciality challenge

A practical way to build high quality case studies with robust carbon and cost measurements. Inspire innovation, help to shape future guidelines and show clinicians what they can achieve

Specialty Challenge

Specialty Fellowships

Move the profession forward through an intense focus on sustainability and what it means in theory and practice; delivering clear pathways for future policy, and developing specialty leaders in sustainability

Fellowship

Carbon footprinting

For organisations or specialty pathways to help build the case for change and provide the robust data needed to assess impact.

Carbon footprint