Manchester Medical Society - Delivering Sustainable Healthcare & Presidential Address (NW210120A)

AvailabilityCourse has taken place
SubjectOdontology
DescriptionThe NHS in Greater Manchester has declared a climate emergency and is committed to slashing carbon emissions. This symposium will cover the facts about climate change, its relevance to healthcare and actions we can take to make a difference.
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Hope from Despair: transforming delusion to action on climate change - Professor Kevin Anderson, Professor of Energy and Climate Change and Kevin Anderson holds a joint chair between the Tyndall Centre at the School of Engineering at the University of Manchester, the Centre for Environment and Development Studies (CEMUS) at Uppsala University and the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET) at Bergen University (Norway)

The local response: Manchester Climate Change Agency - Jonny Sadler, Programme Director, Manchester Climate Change Agency and Dr Murugesan Raja

The carbon footprint of healthcare: tackling carbon hotspots - Chantelle Rizan, ENT Research Fellow, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust; Sustainable Surgery Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare; Honorary Clinical Teaching Fellow, Brighton & Sussex Medical School

Healthcare waste: what really happens to it? - Claire Igoe; Head of Environmental Sustainability, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; ICS Sustainability Co-Lead (GMHSCP)

Embedding sustainability in learning and practice in healthcare: Interactive session - Dr Cliff Shelton and Rebecca Sutton, Consultant Anaesthetists, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

2021: a waste odyssey - Presidential Address of Mr David Jones, Medical Examiner in Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust after a career as a Consultant General and Coloretal Surgeon at Wythenshawe Hospital.

For further details regarding this event please visit our website at https://www.mms.org.uk/events-and-meetings/events/sustainable-healthcare-and-presidential address/

 

This series of meetings is subsidised by the Manchester Medical Society and are FREE for all to attend. You will be able to submit questions to the panel during the event using the Q&A function on Zoom. The webinar will be recorded.

Register in advance for this webinar at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4rGK__8UT-6aeKbFibT_lQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. To create a free zoom account, visit www.zoom.us

For further information, please contact admin@mms.org.uk

VenueVirtual, Virtual - Greater Manchester  View details
Date & timeWednesday 20 January 2021, 14:00 to 17:30
LecturerTBC  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topic Not a core topic
Catering None
CPD hours3:30
CostNo charge