NHS Sustainability

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Tuesday 29th June 2010, Grange Holborn Hotel, London, 08:45 - 16:25

Sustainability in the NHS: Reducing Carbon, Enhancing Health

Overview

The new government is committed to a low carbon and eco-friendly economy.

The NHS has already been set the challenge of making efficiency savings of between £15 billion and £20 billion across 2011 to 2014 to reinvest in year-on-year improvements in quality. Following the announcement in the Queen Speech of the Health Bill, the government seems committed to help the NHS achieve these savings by ensuring it is less bureaucratic, with a streamlined and sustainable national framework, and promoting greater efficiency throughout.

One way the NHS can make savings is by becoming more sustainable. The NHS has a carbon footprint of 18 million tonnes of CO2 per year. This is composed of energy (22%), travel (18%) and procurement (60%). This means that meeting the Climate Change Act targets of 26% reduction by 2020 and 80% reduction by 2050 will be a challenge. According to David Nicholson, NHS Chief Executive, the health service has a ‘responsibility to tackle its carbon footprint’. As an employer of 1.4 million people, an annual budget of over £100 billion and one of the largest property portfolios in Europe, the NHS can make a huge difference to sustainability in the UK.

Due to their size and operational nature, many NHS organisations will also have to comply with the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC). The financial and reputational drivers in the CRC provide compelling reasons for NHS organisations to ensure they are well prepared for its arrival. The CRC supports the NHS’s pledge to reduce carbon emissions as outlined in the NHS Sustainable Development Unit’s Carbon Reduction Strategy, published January 2009.

Furthermore, a new interactive website launched on November 26 2009 by the Sustainable Development Commission and the NHS shows how health professionals can help save money and make the NHS more sustainable. The Good Corporate Citizenship assessment model shows how reducing waste and energy consumption in operations and procurement, and making decisions that help prevent illness, can help NHS trusts make significant efficiency savings and benefit patients, communities and the environment.

Agenda

This timely forum will offer delegates the opportunity to discuss what actions can be taken to ensure that the NHS becomes a leading sustainable and low carbon organisation.

08:45	Registration and Coffee
09:30	Morning Chair’s Welcome Address Tess Gill, Commissioner for Health, Sustainable Development Commission (CONFIRMED)
09:40	Fit for the Future: Working Towards a Sustainable NHS Fit for the Future: Scenarios for low-carbon healthcare 2030 Key steps to creating a sustainable low-carbon healthcare system Strengthening partnerships with local authorities and aligning Local Delivery Plans and Local Area Agreements Embedding sustainability into all activities North West experience Ruth Passman, Senior Health Policy Adviser, Department of Health (CONFIRMED)
10:00	Carbon Efficiency to Reduce Cost, Reduce Energy and Hit Target CRC and opportunities it brings to the NHS Understanding carbon reduction commitment and what you need to do to meet new government targets Establishing a process for the ongoing monitoring, collection and reporting of data Creating a successful emissions trading strategy Sam Lumb, Climate Change Manager, Environment Agency (CONFIRMED)
10:20	Using Innovation and New Technologies to Drive Efficiency, Reduce Carbon and Improve Quality Stimulating innovation in infrastructure provision Harnessing maximum benefits out of existing technology and sourcing new processes to deliver quality care and carbon-efficient services N3 Sustainability Project Sustainable ICT: greening devices and networks and smarter use Miles Gray, Hardware Platform Architect, NHS Connecting for Health (CONFIRMED)
10:40	Virtual Consultation Case Study: Using State-of-the-Art Video Communications and Medical Diagnostic Equipment to Conduct Remote Consultations Reduce transport costs and admission fees Eliminate expensive hospital referrals Faster treatment and enhance patient care Reduce waiting time and improve patient experience Dr Ari Pillai, Consultant Emergency Medicine & Ruth Buckley, Nurse Consultant Emergency Care, Winchester & Eastleigh NHS Healthcare Trust (CONFIRMED)
11:00	Question and Answer Session
11:20	Coffee and Networking
11:40	Procuring for Carbon Reduction (P4CR) Roadmap for driving carbon reduction through procurement P4CR Guidance and Tools Proof of Concept Pilot studies Future challenges David Wathey, Head of Sustainable Procurement, Department of Health (CONFIRMED)
12:00	Delivering a Sustainable Food Service Using locally grown biomass as fuel – reducing the catering system’s carbon footprint by up to 90% Encouraging a local, sustainable food supply – reducing food miles and waste, and strengthening the local community Contract specifications to help local suppliers compete with national suppliers Helping local producers and businesses become part of a national contract enabling them to supply all NHS operations Carbon neutral kitchen, providing food for all patients, by 2010 Working with community social enterprises John Hughes, Catering manager, City Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals (CONFIRMED)
12:20	Question and Answer Session
12:35	Lunch and Networking
	Afternoon Chair’s Welcome Address Alan Short, Professor of Architecture, Cambridge University (CONFIRMED)
13:35	Driving Efficiency through Sustainability NHS Sustainable Development Strategy Saving carbon improving health: NHS as exemplar organisation Sustainable living: business case and key metrics in the NHS Leading by example: societal and economic benefits of carbon reduction in the NHS Driving efficiency through sustainability Sonia Roschnik, Operational Director, NHS Sustainable Development Unit (CONFIRMED)
13:55	Maximising the Efficiency and the Commercial Potential of Your Estate Whilst also Reducing Your Carbon Emission Maximising efficiency and commercial potential Ensuring efficient property usage Ensuring the professional management of healthcare facilities Striving for quality and sustainable healthcare facilities within the NHS while recognising that the patient is the focal point Robert Heavisides, Chair, Health Facilities Consortium & Director of Facilities, Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation (CONFIRMED)
14:15	Future Health – sustainable places for health and wellbeing Modernising care – changing service provision and estates Promoting health and wellbeing – planning and green infrastructure Addressing climate change – sustainable design and masterplanning Peter Maxwell, Head of Better Public Buildings, CABE (CONFIRMED)
14:35	Questions and Answers Session
14:50	Coffee Break and Networking
15:10	Energy and Environmental Management in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Environmental management system including ISO 14001 Key energy management issues and drivers Energy management strategy including strategic schemes Jonathan McGarrigle, Environment Manager, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CONFIRMED)
15:30	Reducing, Re-using and Recycling: Experiences from South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Bringing on board external expertise where appropriate and necessary Moving the sorting process of materials for recycling from in-house to a local contractor at a recycling plant Forming partnerships with key stakeholders Digby Gould, Estates Manager, South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (CONFIRMED)
15:50	Driving Cost and Carbon Efficiencies - Grey Fleet Opportunities for the NHS Why grey fleet is a strategic issue for NHS trusts boards The scale of the opportunity for health Strategies to help the NHS reduce the number of staff using their own cars for business purposes to: Reduce costs Reduce carbon emissions Improve care of employees Implications of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 5-step process to start a grey fleet project David Olima, Office of Government Commerce (OGC) (CONFIRMED)
16:10	Questions and Answers Session
16:25	Chair's Summary and Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Sponsor

City IS

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Exhibitor

Eco Lit Ltd

Audience

Delegates attending this forum will include PCT's, NHS, health authorities, central and local government, education, social care and business sectors specifically; commissioning directors, heads of procurement, heads of estate, research and development managers, heads of innovation and development, head of IT &, heads of business development, social care directors, communication & marketing directors, technical directors, project directors, heads of PCT’s, directors of public health, HR managers, health and wellbeing mangers, chief nurses and occupational health managers.