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Present a one-day conference on:

NHS CARBON REDUCTION STRATEGY & SUSTAINABILITY

held on

FRIDAY, 30TH APRIL 2010

at

THE CONFERENCE CENTRE,
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust,
Wrightington Hospital, Hall Lane, Appley Bridge, near Wigan

At the launch of Saving Carbon, Improving Health: The NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy for England in January 2009, NHS Chief Executive David Nicholson and NHS Sustainable Development Unit Director, Dr. David Pencheon, pledged that the NHS will become one of England's leading sustainable and low carbon organisations and will meet the Government's target of an 80 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050.

The NHS is the largest single estate in Europe, employing 5 per cent of the UK workforce, with a very large carbon footprint, producing more than 18 million tonnes of CO2 per year - 3.2 per cent of carbon emissions and 25 per cent of public sector emissions in England - the largest public sector contributor to climate change.

In order to meet its obligations under the Climate Change Act, the NHS needs to embed sustainable practices across the sector - people, procurement and processes.

The urgency of the problem means this process must begin immediately - "there is no room for failure".

Climate change remains an urgent and serious health challenge; creating a sustainable NHS will not only aid in providing leadership and mitigation on climate change now, but will also produce greater efficiency savings going forward - essential in the current economic recession - establishing the NHS as a future global market leader.

This conference intends to identify the 10 key areas and provide the audience with presenters who are active advocates, leaders and experts of the Sustainability Strategy within the NHS to focus upon the relevant areas respective to Estates responsibility.

The cost of attending the conference is £100.00 per person.  This includes attendance at the conference, a certificate of attendance, course handouts, coffee/tea & bacon roll on arrival, mid morning coffee/tea, two-course buffet lunch and afternoon tea/coffee.

Please Note - Although every attempt will be made to adhere to the published programme, the TAG reserves the right to make changes to the speakers or programme should this be necessary.

Programme

8.45am             Registration. Coffee/Tea/Bacon Roll

9.15am  WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Chairman – Howard Jackson
(Chairman of the Estates TAG)
Assistant Director – Estates Operations, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

9.30am   THE GLOBAL ISSUE, THE GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT AND ITS EFFECT ON THE NHS

Presenter – Rachel Stancliffe
Director, The Campaign for Greener Healthcare

10.15am   OPPORTUNITIES IN RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR NHS TRUSTS

Presenter – Jonathan Stewart
Head of Estates and Facilities, Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

11.00am  Mid Morning Coffee and Tea

11.15am  A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR THE NHS

Presenter – Anna Coote
Head of Social Policy, NEF (New Economics Foundation), London

12.00noon  QUESTION & ANSWER. REVIEW OF MORNING SESSION

12.15pm   BUFFET LUNCH

1.15pm   MAKING YOUR FACILITY ENERGY EFFICIENT WITH DEMAND RESPONSE

Presenter – Scott McGaraghan
Director of Business Development, EnerNOC Limited

2.00pm   PLANNING HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE – WHAT IS THE ACUTE HOSPITAL RESPONSE?

Presenter – Phil Astley
Senior Lecturer, MARU (Medical Architecture Research Unit), London South Bank University

2.45pm  THE CARBON REDUCTION COMMITMENT: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?

Presenter – Bob Heavisides
Director of Facilities & Core Clinical Services, Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

3.30pm  QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION

3.45pm  CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

Afternoon Tea and Coffee

SAFE JOURNEY HOME

Further Information

VENUE:

THE CONFERENCE CENTRE,
THE LECTURE THEATRE,
WRIGHTINGTON, WIGAN AND LEIGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST,
WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL, HALL LANE,
APPLEY BRIDGE, NEAR WIGAN, WN6 9EP

Wrightington Hospital is located ½ mile from Junction 27 of the M6 on the A5209 towards Parbold.