Sustainable Healthcare

The health service is a major contributor to carbon emissions. We must do all we can to ensure the health and care services that people turn to during ill health, is not one of the major contributing factors to that ill health.

Mobilising health professionals on air pollution

Training health professionals to be ‘Clean Air Champions’ by developing their ability and confidence to advise patients on air pollution avoidance.
NHS Long Term Plan

We call for action to reach net zero by 2040 and 2045 to be at the centre of the NHS England Long Term Plan.
GMC Good Medical Practice Review

We call for the introduction of a fifth domain on ‘sustainability’ in Good Medical Practice Guidelines.
Green Surgery Project

The Green Surgery report will be an evidence-based guide and recommendations on how to mitigate the carbon footprint associated with surgical practice.