Senate Council Meeting: Climate Change
On the 28th November 2019 the Clinical Senate deliberated the question:
The NHS produces millions of tonnes of waste, and is responsible for 6.3% of England’s total carbon emissions and 5% of travel in the UK; What are the top 5 high impact changes that healthcare systems can make as a meaningful contribution towards mitigating climate change?
Presentations
Dr David Halpin, Deputy Chair, South West Clinical Senate
Declaring a Climate Emergency
Datagreen is the new blue2
NBT/UHB Sustainability Team (Sam Willitts and Esther Coffin-Smith), Mat Molyneux, Consultant Anaesthetist, UHB
Lucy Williams, Sustainability Lead, Royal College of Anaesthetists
Extreme Events and Public Health
Dr Ishani Kar-Purkayastha Consultant in Public Health, Public Health England
Terry Kemple SW Clinical Senate Council Meeting 28 Nov 2019
Terry Kemple, RCGP representative for Sustainability Climate Change and Green issues
& Lead Green impact for Health toolkit
Paul Upton, Cornwall STP
Medicine Sustainability and carbon footprints
Natasha Callender, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s Clinical Fellow
Public perspective – Survey results
Joanna Parker, Chair Citizens’ Assembly
Pre Reading
BCAA Briefing note for NHS Senate Thurs28Nov2019
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Agenda and Notes