Wednesday 17 May | 11:00-12:15<\/strong><\/p> Format: Presentation Chair: Dominique Allwood<\/a>, UCLPartners and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust<\/span><\/p> PART ONE – Striving for zero emissions\u2026can quality improvement help?<\/strong><\/p> This session will share Scotland\u2019s learning about how Quality Improvers can play a central role in achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions across their teams, organisations, systems and nations.<\/p> After this session, participants will be able to:<\/p> Jason Leitch<\/a>, Scottish Government, Scotland<\/p> Stuart Duncan<\/a>, Scottish Government, Scotland<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> PART TWO – Prescribing to save the planet: it\u2019s everyone\u2019s business<\/strong><\/p> Climate change and environmental sustainability is high on everyone\u2019s agenda. The public expect health services to use resources sustainably: most health professionals want to achieve this but don\u2019t know how.\u00a0<\/p> Medicines account for 25% of the UK health service\u2019s carbon emissions, which makes sustainable prescribing a high priority.<\/p> This session will start with the evidence on environmental harm that medicines cause. It will then describe how health professional leadership bodies in Scotland came together, taking a co-production approach, to create a national movement on sustainable prescribing. Finally, delegates will be invited to explore creating an international movement on sustainable prescribing.\u00a0<\/p> After this session, participants will be able to:\u00a0<\/p>
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