WARRINGTON and Halton Hospital’s cardiology department is launching an innovative pilot aiming to cut its own carbon emissions.
Dr Ahmed Farag, interventional cardiologist and clinical lead developed the “Zero Carbon Cardiology Patient” pilot to demonstrate how the cardiology department in Warrington and Halton Hospitals aims to calculate, mitigate, and indeed offset the carbon consumption associated with patients’ diagnosis and treatment.
By selecting and supporting a small cohort of cardiology out-patients, and the staff looking after them, the pilot aims to map their journeys through referral, diagnostics to treatment and discharge.
The patients will be recruited through Warrington and Halton Hospital’s “Experts by Experience” platform and supported throughout the 12-week pilot.
The team will work with community partners, such as The Environment Agency and the Forestry Commission, to calculate, reduce and offset the carbon emissions resulting from staff and patient pathways by various means including planting trees on both the Warrington and Halton sites.
Dr Farag said: “This is a really exciting project and the tip of the iceberg in terms of our ‘Green Plan’”
The Green Plan which will act as the framework for the implementation of sustainability strategies including reducing carbon emissions, reducing its contribution to air pollution and reducing waste.
Patients who would like to take part should contact 01925 665 981.
Air pollution contributes more to global morbidity and mortality than all other known environmental risk factors combined – and as the largest public sector employer in the UK the NHS contributes 4-5 per cent of the UK’s carbon emissions.
