Campaign for Green Healthcare

A great place to start is with the Campaign for Greener Healthcare's website. Their Sustainable Action Planning programme provides great free resources to help you make the transition from measurement to emissions reductions, including identifying appropriate targets for reduction. Visit www.greenerhealthcare.org or call (0)1865 515811.

Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward are renowned sustainability experts, having delivered sustainability strategy, footprint measurement, software and consultancy services to over 300 clients in the UK . We have considerable experience in helping the health sector to drive down its environmental impact, having worked with the NHS in the pioneering Material Health study in 2004, a range of PCTs, SHAs and Foundation Trusts, and sorked in the private sector with the likes of GSK.

Visit www.bestfootforward.com or call 01865 250 818 to learn more.

Resources on Health & Climate Change

• The NHS Sustainable Development Unit has a great staff awareness pack available, which provides you with the necessary resources to run a short session on sustainability with your staff

• The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has a focus on sustainability and improving performance.

• The Wellcome Trust provides resources on the health impacts of climate change.

• The Climate and Health Council is a global organisation focused on working together to promote sustainability and good health, you may wish to get involved.

• The WHO's Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People document provides comprehensive guidance on addressing climate change in health care settings.  

• Sustnav provides a range of resources for sustainability decision making, with a particular focus on the South West of England.

• The Health Practitioner’s Guide to Climate Change: http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=74742

Other Relevant Government and Advisory Bodies

• The Envirowise website provides a lot of free and paid resources for organisations.

• The Department for Energy and Climate Change provides information on making the transition to a low carbon economy,

• DEFRA provides a range of guidance for organisations wishing to 'green' their operations.