General
BASED IN RAIGMORE, INVERNESS (accommodation available)
- The aim of this course is to encourage you to consider health and the provision of healthcare within the context of the climate and ecological crisis.
- Delivery of healthcare is responsible for around 5% of our nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. NHS Scotland has committed to being a net zero emitter by 2045 and is making changes to healthcare delivery to achieve this.
- It is important that Healthcare providers are involved and leading the process of climate change mitigation . This also allows us to simultaneously improve health and narrow the health gap between rich and poor.
- We invite participants to consider what this means for us as healthcare professionals. What is our role as doctors amid this global health crisis? How can we adapt the way we practice to deliver healthcare more sustainably.
Course Coordinator: Dr Andrew Dallas
Faculty: Dr Morven Wilson Dr Kenneth Barker, Dr Hal Robinson, Dr Dan Baraclough, Dr Stephen Thomas, Ms Ailsa Villegas