sustainable health and social care
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Chris Naylor discusses the findings of our new report on sustainable health and social care, connecting financial and environmental performance.TRANSCRIPT
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Sustainable health and social care
Connecting financial and environmental performance
Chris NaylorJohn Appleby
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Clinical perspective
A focus on the individual patient-professional encounter
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Public health perspective
A broader responsibility towards the whole population
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Sustainability perspective
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Sustainable development theory
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The two-way relationship between environmental change and health care
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The scale of the problem
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Knowns and unknowns
We know that– the NHS has a significant environmental impact– environmental change is likely to have effects on health and social
care needs, particularly among socially marginalised groups.
We know less about– the environmental impact of social care, non-NHS health care, and
particular organisations, pathways or population groups – exactly how health and care needs will be affected by
environmental change, who will be affected most, or how service delivery will be affected.
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Connections with other system objectives
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Sustainability and QIPP
Both agendas call for a re-focusing on efficiency, value and prevention of avoidable activity
‘Anything we can do to achieve the QIPP agenda, which is all about reducing waste and inefficiency, is likely to improve sustainability at the same time.’
Consultant renal physician
‘Whenever there is wasted expenditure, there is avoidable environmental damage as well.’
Sustainability consultant
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Sustainability and public health
Growing evidence base on a number of potential co-benefits
– Promoting active travel– Reducing meat consumption– Improving insulation in housing– Improving access to green spaces
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Sustainability and quality of care
The link between effectiveness and sustainability:
‘Evidence-based interventions by their nature should be greener – because they actually work.’
Director of health care charity
Would a more integrated system, providing well-co-ordinated support for people’s multiple needs,be more sustainable from both an environmental and financial perspective?
“A lot of the policy aspirations that we have about reducing duplication, joining up services, offering more integrated services, would also produce sustainability benefits”
Social care policy expert
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Opportunities to improveenvironmental sustainability
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Changing service delivery
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WhereSustainable facilitiesMinimising ‘care miles’
Changing service delivery
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WhereSustainable facilitiesMinimising ‘care miles’
WhatLow carbon pathwaysPreventionEvidence-based care
Changing service delivery
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WhereSustainable facilitiesMinimising ‘care miles’
WhatLow carbon pathwaysPreventionEvidence-based care
HowIntegrationPharmaceutical & technologiesPreparedness for environmental change
Changing service delivery
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Making it happen
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Driving sustainability within organisations
Evidence from other sectors suggests staff engagement & senior leadership is criticalDeveloping a learning culture within organisations – devolving responsibilities & permitting experimentationUsing procurement and commissioning processes to drive sustainable practicesWorking with patients and the public
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A supportive policy framework
Redesigning payment systems to remove perverse incentivesUsing regulatory mechanisms & other leversCreating a policy framework that permits a long-term focus in organisationsHolding organisations to account for performance on sustainabilityDevelopment of metrics for sustainability
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A framework for future researchResearch on innovative approaches to health & social care
Research on behaviours, attitudes and cultures
Systems-level and policy research
Research on future needs and pressures
Direct
Co-benefits of sustainable approaches
Measuring environmental costs
Barriers to change in organisations
Procurement & commissioning
Engaging professionals & the public
Building resilient communities
Embedding sustainability in existing policies
Identifying policy levers to promote sustainability
Developing & evaluating metrics & methods
Modelling risks to the system
Health impacts of environmental change
Indirect
Prevention Prescribing &
medicines management
Cost-effectiveness research
Self-management
Individual and community-level behaviour change
Creating ‘learning organisations’
Supporting preventative approaches
Encouraging a longer-term focus
Supporting integrated care
Forecasts & scenarios for the future
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Conclusions