Green Team | Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

“If a small department can make such a significant environmental impact, what could we all achieve across the NHS if Integrated Care Boards, the Dept of Health and the Commissioning bodies put their support behind initiatives such as this. The solutions to the problems lie within the staff that run the services. Enable them!”

Lynn Riddell, September 2022

Consultant Physician and Countywide Clinical Service Lead

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Your organisation has a unique opportunity - and responsibility - to take decisive climate action. By investing in your staff to adopt sustainable healthcare practices, you can reduce your carbon footprint, save money, improve patient care, and become role models for other sectors. Your staff are on the frontline of healthcare every day – enable them to join the frontline of climate action too.

The Green Team competition can support the following organisational priorities.

Programme evaluation

In 2023, CSH collaborated with The University of Oxford to conduct a qualitative evaluation of the 2022 Green Team Competitions. Read the pre-print report here -Implementing Sustainable Healthcare Projects in the NHS: A Qualitative Evaluation of the 2022 Green Team Competitions

Competitions run in 4 phases over 8-12 months

£23,000 excluding VAT and (optional) prize money for the winning +/- highly commended teams.

Includes

A communications pack and guidance, including social media pack, are provided to the participating organisation for launch, recruitment, the showcase and awards event and sharing team pro.
An application form provided with shortlisting completed collaboratively with CSH and the host organisation.
Facilitation of 6x 90-minute workshops (1 per team) with CSH clinicians
Mentoring over the 10-week project period using SusQI methodology including
- 6x carbon footprinting workshops (1 per team) and support as required to accurately calculate CO2e impact of projects
- support to consider social, financial and clinical impacts with measurement as appropriate
- Support to develop, guide and keep project work on track
High quality case study reports (a template, guidance, editing feedback and data verification provided)
Co-facilitation of an online showcase and awards event
Case study reports shared via CSH sustainable healthcare networks and in a news post following the event (shared on our website and in our newsletter).
We also encourage teams to share their work more widely and apply for additional awards, publications, etc as appropriate.#

Please note: all communications and competition phases, including the event, will be virtual unless otherwise agreed.

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.

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.

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.

Download the Green Team Brochure Here

Questions?

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

Contact us

Rachel McLean, SusQI Programme Lead

Please contact Rachel for further information or to schedule a Teams call.

rachel.mclean@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk