We are pleased to present a series of online training sessions that will teach you about the connections between climate change and subsequent pressures on primary care. The North East London ICS has developed a Green Plan, in which we committed to providing education and awareness to all primary care staff.
Join our Clinical Leads for Net Zero from Primary Care to learn about how the climate crisis is a health crisis and understand about how primary care transformation can help us reduce the NHS’s carbon footprint.
The first session took place on 15 September 2022 and they were open to all clinical and non-clinical Primary Care colleagues working in North East London. It gives the chance for you to learn about the Greener NHS programme and for us to learn how betting engage you in delivering the Green Plan.
| Date | Session | Recording Link | Slides |
| 15th September 2022 | Session 1: How does climate change impact on Primary Care? | https://youtu.be/mSLyx6msTto | Click HERE |
| 20th October 2022 | Session 2: Low carbon, high quality asthma care | https://youtu.be/AjLr9cKXghw | Click HERE |
| 17th November 2022 | Session 3: Taking climate action in healthcare | https://youtu.be/y1Hq0WJMqBQ | Click HERE |
| 15th December 2022 | Session 4: How climate change affects North East London | https://youtu.be/wkMe9_NZXuY | Click HERE |
| 19th January 2023 | Session 5: Saving money by becoming a greener NHS | https://youtu.be/GiLvPAVX5Uo | Click HERE |
| 23rd February 2023 | Session 6: How to measure the carbon footprint in Primary Care | https://youtu.be/LxV_iUPG7hA | Click HERE |
| 16th March 2023 | Session 7: Best of Net Zero in Primary Care | https://youtu.be/1FkERgRm0rE | Click HERE |
| 21st March 2024 | Session 8: Sustainable diets and health | https://youtu.be/H1s5eGmKMoQ | Click HERE |
There are 3 sessions in the E-Learning for Healthcare website for the Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare programme,
all presented through key concepts and case studies: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/environmentally-sustainable-healthcare/
Carbon Literacy Prospectus 2023
Open to all staff working in health and care in north east London.
Fully funded by Health Education England this training enables our workforce to make high quality, low carbon decisions every day.
Click HERE for the programme
Primary Care Anchor Network Promotional Video
Please see the link below to the new Primary Care Anchor Network Promotional Video, which has been produced for you to download and share with key stakeholders and partners to use. This highlights the work that teams are doing in London which supports the Primary Care Anchor Network initiatives.
To view and download the video, please see the link below.
https://vimeo.com/videobop/review/686226347/9044d1823b
Password: SS2022
NEWS
Worried about staff morale, practice finances or rising patient demand?
The problems facing General Practice twinned with the Net Zero target can feel overwhelming. All parts of the NHS have a responsibility to understand and reduce their carbon emissions and provide high quality care. The first step on this journey is to become Carbon Literate.
NHS North East London are pleased to announce that we have commissioned SEE Sustainabiilty, using Health Education England funding, to provide 84 places on a free training session with follow up support to start to understand your impact on the NHS carbon footprint.
Benefits
Research shows by businesses carrying out pro-environmental actions, such as providing a green space for staff improves staff morale and retention. Using a Sustainable Quality Improvement approach to improving patient care can reduce the amount of illness in a population, and reduce patient demand. We are also hearing that CQC are very keen to see practices take action on climate change.
Improved awareness of the cause and impact of climate change on our friends, families, staff and patients, improved understanding of environmental impacts of delivering primary care, guidance on how to provide high quality healthcare with fewer greenhouse gas emissions and cobenefits on improved staff morale, practice finances and patient health.
A recent course participant said : ‘A year ago the words “carbon literacy” completely terrified me! Turns out it wasn’t remotely terrifying!’.
Total time committment
8 hours of learning. Half is online pre-course material for you to watch at your leisure prior to the workshop. Please visit https://seesustainability.co.uk/clfornelics for more information.
Sign up for a workshop
Please visit a doodle poll at https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/aMZnAX5b and state your preference. Each session can hold a maximum of 12 people. If there are already 12 people signed up on a particular date, consider the session FULL.
Here you will meet your colleagues and work together to discuss the actions and pledges to become Carbon Literate. The workshop will be on MS Teams which and the link will be sent to you nearer the time.
Before the workshop, please watch the videos at https://seesustainability.co.uk/clfornelics. You will also find a course workbook and pledge form. The workbook is for your benefit only (it doesnt need to be submitted or assessed). The pledge form is to be completed after the workshop. This will be submitted to the Carbon Literacy Project for their evaluation as part of the certification process.