Northern Greener Week
2–6 June 2025
Join us for Northern NHS England Greener Week — a virtual celebration of the innovative and impactful work happening across the North to support a Greener NHS and achieve our collective ambition of reaching Net Zero by 2040.
Now in its second year, Northern Greener Week is a collaborative event led by NHS England North West and North East & Yorkshire, in partnership with regional Nursing and Midwifery Teams. Taking place online from Monday 2 to Friday 6 June, the week will spotlight the projects, partnerships and people leading the way in embedding sustainability and climate resilience across healthcare.
All events will be held virtually and are open to NHS staff across and anyone with an interest. Each session will be bite-sized (45 minutes) and recorded, so you can attend live or catch up at a time that suits you.
Registration is now open on NHS Events
If you have any questions about the week or specific sessions, please contact: england.neygreenercomms@nhs.net.
Agenda
▼ Monday 2 June 2025
09:00 – 09:45 Introduction to Northern Greener Week
Chris Gormley – Chief Sustainability Officer, NHS England
Louise Shepherd – Regional Director, North West NHS England
10:00 – 10:45 Gloves off campaign
Speaker TBC
11:00 – 11:45 4 Steps Forward – empowering HCPs to have conversations about being active with patients, empowering clinicians with the PACC program
Dr Jo Maher, GP/ Physical Activity Clinical Champion (PACC)
BREAK
13:00 – 13:45 Making Emergency Care Sustainable
Dr James Walton, Consultant in Emergency Medicine
14:00 – 14:45 NetZero Compliance, Accountability Reporting and sustainability assurance in the NHS
Alison Tonge, Executive Director of Strategy, Innovation & Planning
Dr. Olu Akinremi, Senior Transformation Programme Lead
Keith Moore, Programme Director
15:00 – 15:45 Use Me First Project (Waste Reduction)
Eleanor Lea, Head of Nursing Medicines Optimisation & Stephanie Williamson, Lead Nurse for Tissue Viability
16:00 – 16:45 Greener in Primary Care
Dr Matt Sawyer, Environmental Sustainability Consultant in Healthcare
▼ Tuesday 3 June 2025
9:00 – 09:45 Smart Prescribing, Sustainable Care: The MIBARB Review Revolution
Dr Victoria Cox Higher Specialty Trainee in Palliative Medicine and General Internal Medicine
Dr Samuel Fingas – Palliative Medicine Consultant
Dr Mike Tomson – GP (clinically retired), medical educator and coach, Trustee for Centre for Sustainable Healthcare at STH
10:00 – 10:45 Reducing the use of disposable insulin pens in North East & Yorkshire
Dr Jackie Elliott, Clinical Lead for Diabetes Senior Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes and Honorary Consultant
Christopher Ranson, Senior Medicines Management Pharmacist, Humber and North Yorkshire ICB
RECLAIM- reuse equipment and consumables for learning in advanced medical education
Speaker TBC
11:00 – 11:45 Low Carbon Food and Catering in the NHS: Using Nudge Theory to Drive Change
Mandy Davies Consultant Dietitian and Net Zero Lead for Nutrition & Hydration
Tim Radcliffe, Net Zero Food Programme Manager, NHS England
12:00 – 12:45 Heat decarbonisation at North Tyneside General Hospital
Dr Clare Winter, Head of Sustainability, Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT
13:00 – 13:45 Retrofitting Homes for Better Health
Grace Ridler, Sustainability Manager, NHS Greater Manchester
Anees Mank, Programme and Policy Lead (Retrofit), Environment Directorate. GMCA
Aligning the health and environmental co-benefits of retrofitting UK buildings
Dr Douglas Booker, Lecturer in Indoors Air
14:00 – 14:45 Developing eco-ethical leaders for a Greener NHS
Dr Rammina Yassaie Medical Doctor, Senior Lecturer in Leadership for Health and Social Care
15:00 – 15:45 Born Green Generation : Delivering healthcare free from unnecessary plastics and toxic chemicals; protecting current and future generations
Aly Kimber-Herridge, Born Green Project Manager
Amy Manning, Born Green Project Manager
Karen Taylor, Assistant Sustainability Manager, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT.
16:00 – 16:45 Reducing the carbon footprint of pharmacy: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Greener Pharmacy Toolkit
Dr Madeleine Winder, Chief Sustainability Officer Clinical Fellow
“Your Medicines Matter” campaign relaunched and reinvigorated for sustainability
Rob Elsey, Head of GM Strategic Pharmacy Transformation,
Emma Boxall, Critical Care Pharmacist
Jo Aldham, GM Pharmacy Programme Manager
▼ Wednesday 4 June 2025
09:00 – 09:45 The use of diagnostic stewardship to reduce the environmental impact of clinical laboratories
Rob Shorten, Consultant Clinical Scientist
10:00 – 10:45 Translating sustainability into hospital leadership
Dr Frank Swinton, Consultant Anaesthetist and Deputy Medical Director
11:00 – 11:45 Sustainability in theatres
Dr Louise Sanderson, Consultant Anaesthetist
BREAK
13:00 – 13:45 Making Greener and Better Healthcare easy for general practice
Dr Aarti Bansal, GP and Director of Greener Practice CIC
14:00 – 14:45 Large scale PV, challenges, benefits and next steps
Marc Beaumont, Head of Sustainability, Hull university Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
15:00 – 15:45 Climate is a public health emergency, learning from the power of DPH advocacy and partnerships’
Greg Fell, Director of Public Health, Sheffield
Jessica Marshall, Leadership Fellow, Climate and Health, Y&H Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)
16:00 – 16:45 Harnessing Nature for Health and Environment – Co-Creation and Spatial Mapping on NHS Estates and Beyond
George Coombs and Esther Smith, Health & Environment Senior Officer(s) (North West and North East)
▼ Thursday 5 June 2025
09:00 – 09:45 Net Zero Northumbria
Speaker TBC
10:00 – 10:45 Reusable equipment for hysteroscopy
Speaker TBC
11:00 – 12:00 Health System Resilience for Extreme Weather Emergencies
John Richmond Lecturer in Healthcare Management and Leadership, University of Sheffield
Building Adaptation Capability in the NHS
Morgan Roberts – Sustainability West Midlands
Jonny Casey Project Manager, Head of Climate Ready Leadership
BREAK
13:00 – 13:45 Sustainable Kidney Care
Improving environmental sustainability and equity in the Living Kidney Donor Pathway
Cath Richards, SusQI Lead, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Rosie Hillson, Sustainability Analyst, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Sustainable kidney care QI initiatives in Yorkshire & Humber
Leeanne Lockley, Quality Improvement Programme Manager, The UK Kidney Association
Dr Mark Wright, Consultant Nephrologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
14:00 – 14:45 Our Natural Health Service – Nature and ‘Green’ Therapy to support mental health
Emma Clarke, Head of Waste and Sustainability
Joe Courtney, Green Therapy Development Officer
Catherine Schofield, Chief Allied Health Professional
Nature Recovery Rangers
Dan Loveard, Green Space for Health Project Manager
15:00 – 15:45 Delivering Carbon Literacy Training for Healthcare at MFT – Challenges, Successes & Reflections
Sarah Hewett – Sustainability Officer & Elizabeth Murphy – Senior Sustainability Officer & Midwife
16:00 – 16:45 Low Carbon High Quality Respiratory Care , Greater Manchester
Dr Fran Collett-White – GP and Clinical Sustainability Lead, NHS Greater Manchester
▼ Friday 6 June 2025
09:00 – 09:45 NHS Greater Manchester Green Plan Approach
Claire Igoe Associate Director of Sustainability, NHS Greater Manchester
10:00 – 10:45 Reusable coil packs in primary care
Dr Honey Smith, Clinical sustainability Lead South Yorkshire
Kavitha Sethumadhavan, Net Zero Programme Manager, NHS England
Reduce, reuse, recycle – Walking Aids
Steve Smith, Technical instructor, Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
11:00 – 11:45 Global challenges and Climate change education for the healthcare industry
Dr Richard Hixson Consultant Anaesthetist and co-founder Healthcare Ocean
BREAK
13:00 – 13:45 Emergency Response: How do we adapt to climate change?
Alexis Percival, Energy and Sustainability Manager
Dr Louise Elstow, Research Associate in Infrastructure Climate Adaptation, Cambridge University
14:00 – 14:45 Impact of nurses and midwives in sustainability and net zero
Emma Pascale Blakey, Lead Nurse for Sustainability
Rhea Conn, Clinical Sustainability Nurse Specialist
15:00 – 15:45 Developing and integrating healthcare sustainability in an Acute Medical Unit
Dr Natalie Beveridge, Consultant in Acute Medicine, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
16:00 – 16:45 Sustainable Healthcare Research – where are the gaps, and how can we help close them?
Dr Cliff Shelton, Senior Research Fellow in Sustainability,
Dr Catherine El Zerbi, Professor in Anaesthesia,
Dr Charlotte Hadley, Research Fellow in Sustainability &
Dr Sara Southall, Senior Research Associate in Sustainability
What to expect
Northern Greener Week is designed to empower and enable healthcare institutions and staff to make sustainability part of everyday practice. The aim is to create lasting benefits for the NHS, patients, staff, and the wider community.
Throughout the week, you’ll hear real-world case studies from NHS organisations already making a difference. Sessions will include insight from sustainability experts working closely with the NHS, along with practical ideas that can be applied and scaled in other settings.
Each session will include interactive Q&As, giving you the chance to ask questions, share reflections, and learn from others. You’ll also have opportunities to connect with colleagues who are leading or supporting change across the region.
The week is focused on celebrating successful and ongoing sustainability projects, sharing best practice, and encouraging collaboration. It also supports the development of anchor approaches, system-wide learning, and effective evaluation.
Above all, Northern Greener Week is a chance to reflect, learn, and come together to accelerate positive environmental change in health and care.
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