2 papers published in the Future Healthcare Journal put forward a simple approach for incorporating sustainability into mainstream QI methodologies: the ‘SusQI’ framework.
Mortimer F, Isherwood J, Wilkinson A, Pearce M, Kenward C, Vaux E. Future Healthcare Journal, 2018
Sustainability has been recognised as a domain of quality in healthcare, and building it into quality improvement (QI) is a practical way to drive incremental change towards a more ethical, sustainable health system.
ExCel London, 1 Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London, London, E16 1XL, United Kingdom
Exciting news! The IHI / BMJ International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare has accepted our speaker proposal on environmental sustainability and quality improvement!
Our 60 minute session entitled "Environmental sustainability and healthcare sustainability: two sides of the same coin" will take place at 3pm on Friday 28th April:
This fifty-slide set makes the connection between climate, health, social responsibility and the NHS. it covers policy, carbon levels and provides information on the steps that need to be taken and the tools that may be used.
Maria Cooke, Sustainability fellow at the East of England Local Education and Training Board
