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The Intensive Care Environmental Sustainability Recipe Book will be speciality-specific, evidence-based guidance on reducing the environmental footprint of intensive care units in the UK. This will include practical information for procurement, clinical procedures, waste management and a measurable daily checklist for environmentally sustainable intensive care practice. Statutory requirements and professional standards for healthcare and sustainability in the four nations of the UK will be considered throughout the Recipe Book. The project is a collaboration between the University of Brighton, Intensive Care Society, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance.

Our solution expands on a well-established sustainability programme in general practice to further carbon reduction in primary care. We will upscale engagement in dentistry, getting more practices using the Green Impact Dentistry toolkit to improve sustainability of their practice.

We will build functionality so regional bodies can understand engagement across dental and general practice in their region. This will allow better programme rollout to their providers and identify gaps.

We will seek expertise from the sector to further improve the content of the toolkit, to ensure it is aligned with Net Zero goals and can demonstrate impact through carbon reporting.

Greener Practice is a community interest company and the UK’s primary care sustainability network. Our mission is to enable primary care to take action towards environmentally sustainable healthcare. The aim of our project is to engage and equip busy health professionals in General Practice to implement carbon reductions in clinical activity through “off-the-shelf” quality improvement (QI) projects. The clinical resources will be developed by health professionals working in primary care who are aware of constraints and opportunities. A user-friendly, visual platform will support easy access to step-by-step resources that enable primary care to implement net zero clinical quality improvement activity.