The UK’s NHS became the world’s first health service to commit to reaching net zero by 2045. This is driven by Greener NHS, local UK hospitals & authorities and business innovations & adoption of greener practices. As an example, 56 NHS Trusts are planning to install on-site solar technology within the next three years. Global warming poses a growing threat directly to the future of our planet. Climate change as a social determinant of health also directly impacts our physical and mental health. Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year, from four health impact categories: malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress.
As such, our health systems need to adapt to this change and this raises many questions: how do we minimise health systems environmental impact? how do we build clinical transformation to adapt? how do we bring along key stakeholders and communities together towards this? This session will explore the UK, UAE and wider global perspectives on net zero healthcare for the audience to learn about best practices to take away for their own practices.
Speakers:
Tracy Brabin, Mayor, West Yorkshire
Claire Richardson, Commercial Director, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Claire is a commercial research and development expert with over 20 years international experience. She is the Trust’s Commercial Director responsible for our research and development, innovation and sustainability portfolio as well as our international commercial services. She is also a member of the NIHR CRN West of England regional steering group, shaping the UK’s clinical research offer.
Please come and talk to her about:
Gloucestershire Hospitals and NHS Green Plan strategic goals, including achieving net carbon zero. Research and development, innovation and sustainability meeting to transform the delivery of healthcare. Embedding sustainable and digital infrastructure, change management and transforming patient pathways.
She would really like to hear more on:
Research and development, MedTech innovations and adoption, disruptive digital infrastructure programmes and collaboration opportunities.
Richard Cantlay, Global Health Portfolio Leader, Mott Macdonald
Richard is Mott MacDonald’s Global Healthcare Lead. He is also operational lead for the Healthcare Consulting team which delivers a range of advisory services around healthcare planning, digital healthcare and service design and reconfiguration.
Richard has 20+ years experience delivering healthcare projects from business case through to hospital opening. The majority of his experience has been in the role of Technical Adviser to procuring bodies, leading large multi-disciplinary teams of healthcare planners, architects, engineers, cost consultants, FM advisers and other related disciplines to deliver healthcare facilities.
In his role as Global Healthcare Lead, Richard is working with all Mott MacDonald regions to develop and implement a growth strategy – a key focus of which is around helping healthcare providers to develop and implement decarbonisation and net zero strategies.
Dr Omar Najim MBChB MRCS DOHNS MSc, Director of Executive Affairs and Special Projects officer, Abu Dhabi Department of Health
Omar is the director of the Executive Affairs and Special projects Office projects reporting to Chairman of AD DoH and Abu Dhabi Public Health Center. He is one of the main leaders shaping the landscape of healthcare in the emirate of Abu Dhabi to achieve its full potential and aspirational goals.
One of his key roles, is being a member of a core “AD Healthcare Gold Command Team” for Covid-19 and part of the team leading on transforming healthcare in Abu Dhabi. Part of his team and wider ecosystem work has contributed to Abu Dhabi being number 1 safest city globally at times of Covid19 (DKG) and UAE being number one most resilient country (Bloomberg). Omar was responsible for leading the establishment of the Hope Consortium in day zero, contributing to handling over 260 million covid19 doses to over 65 country in one year.
Other aspects of his work at the department of health, is leading the attracting investment and building a thriving healthcare economic growth. In addition he led on many initiatives related to introducing transformative change around quality, finance, digital and access in the emirate of Abu Dhabi and UAE. Examples of which, early sourcing of innovative medication and vaccination internationally, driving the life science strategy and driving the full potential of healthcare as an economic growth engine in the Emirate.
Omar trained as a Head and Neck surgeon in the UK. Immediately prior to joining AD DoH, Omar was a hospitals improvement lead at Mckinsey and Company in London Healthcare and Operation practice.
Omar is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; Holds a Masters in surgical technology and healthcare innovation from Imperial College London and did a one-year leadership and quality fellowship at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. He holds several international committee scientific membership and has published and presented in the field of medicine, healthcare operation, quality, innovation and workforce planning. He lives in Abu Dhabi.
Dr Alice McGushin, Technical Expert, The Greener NHS
Dr Alice McGushin is Technical Expert to the Greener NHS, supporting England’s National Health Service reach net zero emissions and working with the World Health Organization to help other countries do the same.
Alice has over a decade of experience working in health and climate change and was previously Programme Manager for the Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change and she has also worked with several other actors, including the World Organization of Family Doctors, the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.
Alice trained as a doctor in Tasmania, Western Australia, and London, and she is now a public health registrar based in East of England. She is also a competitive ultramarathon runner.
Location: World Trade Club, Level 33