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The NHS Elective Surgical Hubs provide high-volume low-complexity surgery to patients across England. This project aims to develop a framework for surgical hubs to measure their ‘environmental impact’ across the entire patient journey. The Key Performance Indicators developed can be used as a benchmark quantifying sustainability performance, allowing the impact of subsequent quality improvement projects to be objectively measured. The high-level nature of these metrics will also allow a comparison in sustainability performance between surgical hubs and enable different centres to share good practice.

The Intensive Care Environmental Sustainability Recipe Book will be speciality-specific, evidence-based guidance on reducing the environmental footprint of intensive care units in the UK. This will include practical information for procurement, clinical procedures, waste management and a measurable daily checklist for environmentally sustainable intensive care practice. Statutory requirements and professional standards for healthcare and sustainability in the four nations of the UK will be considered throughout the Recipe Book. The project is a collaboration between the University of Brighton, Intensive Care Society, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance.

Our solution expands on a well-established sustainability programme in general practice to further carbon reduction in primary care. We will upscale engagement in dentistry, getting more practices using the Green Impact Dentistry toolkit to improve sustainability of their practice.

We will build functionality so regional bodies can understand engagement across dental and general practice in their region. This will allow better programme rollout to their providers and identify gaps.

We will seek expertise from the sector to further improve the content of the toolkit, to ensure it is aligned with Net Zero goals and can demonstrate impact through carbon reporting.