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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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |