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The Green Team Competition is an award-winning programme in sustainable healthcare that transforms expert knowledge into action. It empowers NHS and healthcare organisations to bring sustainability and healthcare together, to improve clinical outcomes, reduce organisational costs and become thought leaders in their journey toward net zero. 
 

  • Cut Carbon to meet Net Zero targets

  • Improve staff well-being

  • Reduce Costs and Save Money. 

  • Improve Patient Care. 

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“The Green Team competition is a great way of picking up new skills and learning how to make bigger reductions in your carbon footprint… SusQI is a great way of team building and putting a spring in the step of the people we work with and give treatment to”.

Mark Wright, July 2022,

Consultant Nephrologist and Haemodialysis Lead

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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The Green Team Competition offers both bigger picture understanding and guides practical changes in sustainable healthcare – transforming knowledge into action.

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As a healthcare worker, you can directly influence, implement and measure changes in your daily practice, showing tangible benefits to net zero carbon, cost and care.

 

As an organisation, you can empower your staff with the knowledge and skills needed to contribute to sustainable models of care, whilst receiving an impressive return on investment.

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I am a healthcare worker / clinician who would like my organisation to host a green team competition

I am interested in commissioning a competition in my setting. I am a member of Quality Improvement, Sustainability, Estates, Procurement or Strategy teams

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Competitions offer a range of social benefits for

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Patients such as.. 

  • Improved experience through care pathways

  • Less unnecessary/low value, invasive or uncomfortable procedures

  • Addressing patient and public concerns of climate change

  • Increased awareness of links between environment and their health

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Staff such as..

  • Improved efficiency

  • Time gained back for higher value work

  • Aligning personal values with work practices

  • Professional development opportunites

  • Boosting staff morale

  • Increased motivation for QI

How it works
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The Green Team Competition invites six teams from within your healthcare delivery organisation to engage in our mentoring programme and begin their journey toward improving Sustainability in Quality Improvement, 'SusQI', through a variety of projects.  

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Your teams will be led by experienced experts in healthcare, education and sustainability to increase understanding, implement positive change, and introduce a series of closely mentored practical projects that will generate high impact outcomes. 

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All outcomes will be tracked and evidenced to document the positive impact on the environment, patient care and organisational costs, and each team will present their project in a ceremony designed to celebrate everyone's achievements. 

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Our Success Stories

Organisations who have participated in the Green Team Competition since 2019 are detailed on the map below. Please click on an organisation for links to their Impact Reports.

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2023 Green Team organisations will be added soon!

Case Study Spotlight

For more Green Team case studies, please see our Resource Library.

Our Recent Awards​

I am a healthcare worker / clinician who would like my organisation to host a green team competition

I am interested in commissioning a competition in my setting. I am a member of Quality Improvement, Sustainability, Estates, Procurement or Strategy teams

Ready to Make a Difference? 

Please select the best option for you..

Questions? 

Have any questions? Please see our FAQ page for further information.

Contact us
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Rachel McLean, Green Team Programme Lead

Please contact me for further information or to schedule a 30 minute Teams call.

rachel.mclean@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk

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