Carbon Reduction Plan

Our Net Zero Commitment

Addison Road Medical Practice (ARMP) is dedicated to supporting the NHS’s net-zero by 2050 ambition by taking meaningful action to reduce our carbon footprint across all our practices. Each practice develops and implements its own carbon reduction plan, guided by our organisational objectives and the NHS’s 10-point green plan. Our net-zero initiatives are overseen by our Chief Operating Officer and managed by each individual practice manager.

Objectives:

  • Communicating Our Green Plan: We ensure our sustainability goals and progress are clearly communicated to staff, patients, and the wider community.
  • Greener Practice Network: We are active members of the Greener Practice Network, sharing best practices and driving collective action on sustainability.
  • CO₂ Reduction: All practices use the GP Carbon Calculator to measure and reduce non-clinical carbon emissions, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Key Areas of Action:

  • Local Procurement & Supply Chain: We prioritise local and sustainable suppliers to reduce transport emissions and support our community.
  • Sustainable Staff Travel: We encourage staff to use low-carbon travel options and promote remote working where possible.
  • Decrease Water & Energy Consumption: Practices implement measures to reduce water and energy use, such as efficient appliances and mindful usage.
  • Single-Use Plastics Reduction: We are committed to reducing single-use plastics and increasing the use of reusable alternatives.
  • Improving Inhaler Impact: We promote the use of lower-carbon inhalers and educate patients on proper inhaler disposal.
  • Sustainable Care Models: We adopt care models that minimise environmental impact, including digital consultations and preventative care initiatives.

We provide ongoing support, resources, and training to all practices to help achieve these goals. By working together and sharing our progress, we are committed to delivering high-quality, sustainable care for our patients and making a positive impact on our environment.

Signed: Dr Janakan Crofton, Managing Partner

Addison Road Medical Practice translates our organisational commitments into practice-level action plans to ensure effective stewardship of the environment, in line with NEL ICB goals and priorities. Example plan below:

Objective

Key Actions

Outcomes

Measure

Implementation Timings

Communicating our green plan
  • Communications Plan developed specifically for the promotion of sustainable development to staff, patients and service users.
  • Energy Awareness Training Plan

Understanding of commitments, working with practice landlords to support wider stakeholder engagement to reduce scope 1 & 2 emissions across strategic estates profile

Staff and patient surveys

By the end of Q4 2025

Greener Practice Network

Take part in The Green Impact Audit for Health toolkit

Accredited, working to driving greener initiatives for the practice in conjunction with PPG, e.g. greener spaces

Certified

By the end of Q4 2025

CO2 Reduction

Working in conjunction with the contract landlords, aligning to their green plan, to reduce greenhouse emissions through renewables / energy saving technology
  • Improvements to air quality and to progress to net zero pledge in line with NHS and ICB strategy
  • MEES / Energy Performance
  • Embedding LIFT building strategies e.g. improving waste & CO2 reduction

30% from current

By end of Q4 2027

Local procurement & Supply chain

90% of business-related goods/services procured locally to The Firs / The Forest (our practices?)

Reduced distribution and resulting CO2, improved economic outcomes.

90% from current

Life of contracts (ongoing?)

Staff travel is more sustainable

50% staff uptake of sustainable travel solutions offered in green travel plan
  • Reduction in CO2 and improvements to fitness where cycle2work scheme used
  • Recruiting the local populations

50% from current

Life of contracts

Decrease water consumption

Reduction in water use at practice of 30% by end of Y2

Reducing demand on what is a difficult utility at present.

30% Measured in litres or m3 per FTE

Life of contracts

Decrease energy consumption

Reduction in energy consumption of 20% by end of Y2 in line with our landlords, PHP/CHP, commitment.

Reduction in CO2

20% measured in kW/h and costs per annum 

By end of Q4 2027

Single plastics reduction

30% reduction in non-essential single-use plastics by end of Y2

Minimising single use which has supply chain and waste co2 implications

30% from current

Life of contracts

Improving inhaler impact

100% of patients to be offered switch to green inhalers achieved for Firs & ARMP as part of medicines optimisation plan.

Minimising accelerants used in inhales

100% from current

Ongoing

Sustainable care models

Investigate models of sustainable care to identify future opportunities through Health Inequality Projects.

Less impactful care with a more proactive move to anticipatory care with a focus on prevention, for example lower leg wound clinics to prevent recurrence and demand on wound products/clinics

Completion of proactive MDTs, reduction of frequent attenders through health inequalities project.

Implemented by Year 1 of contract