Join us & our inspiring panelists for a two-part shared learning forum on embedding sustainability into QI education, training and practice.

Embedding environmental and social sustainability into QI education, training and practice can help healthcare professionals to contribute to the NHS commitments to a Net Zero health system. The ‘SusQI’ framework developed by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare offers a practical tool for reducing the negative environmental impact of healthcare, whilst building social value at every opportunity.

Part One: Embedding sustainability into healthcare education; lessons learned from practice
Date: 20th May 2022
Time: 12:00-13:30 GMT
Location: Zoom
The SusQI Education Project at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare supported by the Health Foundation and Health Education England has been working for over three years to integrate sustainability into QI education for healthcare professionals. The Project has recruited Beacon Sites including nursing and medical universities, foundation school deaneries and HEE postgraduate schools, and has enabled their faculty to become leaders in SusQI education. SusQI is now taught to healthcare professionals across all four nations of the UK and is equipping the workforce to drive the transition towards a sustainable NHS. 

This event will highlight the lessons learned from the SusQI Education Project, touching on newly published research findings. We will explore with our panel members the strategies taken to embed SusQI into QI education, the impact it has on learners, and how we are navigating the further spread of SusQI through the Beacon Site Programme and SusQI Academy.  

Agenda:
12:00 – Welcome & introduction to SusQI in healthcare education
12:10 – Panel interviews
Dr Heather Baid, University of Brighton: embedding SusQI into nursing postgraduate education 
Dr Florence Wedmore, Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University London: teaching SusQI to medical students 
Dr Kay Leedham-Green, Imperial College London Medical Education Research Unit: lessons learned from a multisite, multiprofessionals evaluation study of SusQI 
12:55 – Panel Q&A session
13:30 – Close

Part Two: Embedding sustainability into QI training and practice within NHS organisations; barriers and strategies
Date: 9th June 2022
Time: 12:00-13:30 GMT
Location: Zoom
NHS trusts and boards can integrate the SusQI framework as a way to meet the workforce development demands of NHS decarbonisation targets, and to set strategic goals which drive practical, systemic changes towards sustainability.

During this event, we will hear from pioneering NHS trusts who are already on their way to transforming their QI training and practice by embedding sustainability. We will also be sharing learning from the SusQI Education Project at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH), where we have been supporting the transformation of QI education and training across healthcare and education institutions. You will have the opportunity to hear about the support offered through the SusQI Education project at CSH , including the Beacon Site Programme, SusQI Academy and Green Ward Competition.

Agenda: 
12:00 – Welcome & introduction to SusQI in healthcare delivery organisations 
12:10 – Panel Interviews 
Stuart Lane, Sustainability and Carbon Manager,University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust 
Katy Morris, Associate Director of Continuous Improvement and Sustainability, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 
Final panel speaker tbc 
12:55 – Panel Q&A session 
13:30 – Close