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How Many of us are Potential Activists? Rachel.stancliffe@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk H OW MANY OF US ARE POTENTIAL ACTIVISTS ? Who is us? in this room/on this planet Are we normal? What are activists? Protest actions -

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How Many of us are Potential Activists? Rachel.stancliffe@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk

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HOW MANY OF US

ARE POTENTIAL ACTIVISTS?

  • Who is ‘us’? – in this room/on this planet
  • Are we normal?
  • What are activists?
  • Protest actions - Greenpeace
  • Positive direct change on the ground - 1010, CSH
  • Framework change – SDU
  • Advocacy – Climate and Health Council
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WHAT MAKES AN

ACTIVIST?

  • Isn’t someone else doing it?
  • I’m not qualified - fear of being wrong
  • I’ll just do it myself
  • It’s easier than engaging others
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HOW MANY OF US

ARE POTENTIAL ACTIVISTS?

  • Everyone!
  • What do we need to encourage more?
  • I’ll talk about how we do it in healthcare
  • Not mainly buildings!
  • Staff
  • Patients
  • And try to pull out some key points
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THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF HEALTHCARE IN ENGLAND

so we work mostly to engage people in clinical specialities to transform healthcare

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BENEFITS OF

ENGAGING PEOPLE

  • 1. Sustainability itself can be a great motivator
  • 2. Save resources and improve core business –

for M&S this means profit, for the NHS this means quality of care

  • 3. Engaging staff is the most effective way to

maintain positive changes

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STAFF MOTIVATION

  • Staff often find sustainability a bigger

motivation than saving money

  • If people are engaged they feel motivated

"It was very encouraging. We have taken

  • n this project and are attending to our

‘green’ issues. It gives my job satisfaction." Katherine Hope, Housekeeper, RCHT Renal Unit

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SAVING MONEY ££££££££££££££

Sustainability is not ‘nice to have’ and expensive It saves A LOT of money! NHS Gloucestershire saving over £4 million each year – reducing waste medicines Whole NHS estimate saving of £90 million on waste medicines alone

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POSITIVE MESSAGES

Personal interest and integrity More satisfying, reduced stress, better work Identify with the organisation and its values

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REAL PEOPLE AT WORK

Personal interest and integrity More satisfying, reduced stress, better work Identify with the organisation and its values

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ENGAGED PEOPLE

  • Identify with the organisation
  • Stay for longer
  • Put in more effort
  • Are more productive
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HOW DO WE ENGAGE PEOPLE?

Inspire Empower Transform

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INSPIRE

  • Simple actions – learning by doing
  • Kettles, light bulbs
  • Awareness days
  • The NHS Forest
  • Positive messages
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  • engaging staff and patients with their outside

environment

  • creating links between health & environment
  • planting 1.3 million trees, 1 for every

member of staff in the NHS

  • improving physical spaces
  • opening up NHS sites to public use
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EMPOWER

  • With tools and resources
  • Knowledge and messages
  • Share and help each other
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SAP

  • Sustainable Action Planning at http:

//sap.greenerhealthcare.org

  • The renal unit in Cornwall saved £1200 per

employee in the first year - also

  • Clear improvements in the patient

experience: 50% less waiting, fewer aborted journeys and more self-care

  • An improved workplace for staff with more

time to look after patients, and better attendance.

  • A reduction in healthcare acquired infections
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MORE – IT JUST GETS

BETTER!

  • After two years total cost avoidance is

running at £57,500 per year.

  • 25 employees equates to £2,300 per

employee per year.

  • And 52.3 tonnes CO2 equivalent year on

year.

  • plus
  • Staff attendance increased to 96%
  • Zero aborted ambulance journeys
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TRANSFORM

Sustainable Specialties Programme 90% is a lot less resource!

  • Find someone from within the group to be

the lead and give them some sustainability and leadership training

  • Get senior support
  • Set up a network to connect green reps in

each unit so they can share ideas and support one another.

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KEEP IT SIMPLE!

  • Actions
  • Leadership – make this core business
  • Human beings
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DIFFERENT

STAGES DIFFERENT TOOLS

  • Think triathlon not marathon

A journey where the understanding and tools change as you go along

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HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU!

You are a leader Ask questions Ask for help Make a start!

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LISTEN AND

HOPE

  • Engaging with people is not simple
  • People will come on their own terms
  • DON’T GIVE UP!
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Rachel.stancliffe@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk sustainablehealthcare.org.uk

Thank you and we look forward to working with you!