We hosted an event about sustainable healthcare

At the event, participants looked at the root causes of the climate change and how to tackle them – not just how to remedy the consequences. They looked in-depth at the real world impacts of planetary warming on society and economics, and how they relate back to healthcare.

As part of the day, we had sessions delivered by two current Green Impact organisations – University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, and North Bristol NHS Trust, sharing how they have been integrating sustainable practices into their wider policies and using it to develop their work on wellbeing.

Our final session included Haidee Harrison, a Medicine student from the University of Bristol, who shared a project she has been delivering in GP surgeries, piloting a social prescribing scheme. The project formed a part of the Sustainable Healthcare optional second-year module delivered by the NUS and the CSH.