Hybrid event:

Multiple drop-in session forum
Diverse speakers & topics
Flexible times / Online and in person

Event Overview:

Join us for an enlightening and impactful day dedicated to sustainable healthcare and climate solutions at Nepean Hospital and USyd Nepean Clinical School. This full-day drop-in event includes presentations, Q&A sessions, workshops, and interactive pop-up desks, all designed to inspire and equip you with the knowledge and tools to drive high-value care and reduce waste.

Why Attend?

Our healthcare systems face unprecedented challenges, but together, we can take small steps that make a huge impact.

Our healthcare systems face unsustainable challenges due to a projected ageing population and increasing risks from heat, floods, and bushfires. 30% of healthcare practices are considered low value, providing little or no benefit to patients. By collaborating, we can deliver better, tailored care, reduce waste, and optimize health funding.

The health community now recognises fossil fuels as significant health hazards, contributing to an estimated 5.1 million excess deaths per year globally due to air pollution. The healthcare system itself contributes over 5% of Australia’s fossil fuel emissions, exacerbating climate-related health impacts.

However, we have an opportunity to reverse this trend. By decreasing emissions and improving our patient care delivery, we can make a substantial impact. Join us to learn how small, collective individual shifts can lead to significant, positive changes in our healthcare system and the environment.

Keynote and leading Speakers:
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Dr Faraz Pathan
Cardiologist, Head of cardiac research NBMLHD
Professor Hugh Montgomery OBE: ‘20 yrs of research in climate impacts in health – What we need to do now.'
Intensive Care, UCL, Lancet Editor, Global lead in Health and Climate, Geneticist, Author, UK
Susan Crosbie
Sustainability Manager NBMLHD
Dr. Simon Judkins: ‘The Power of Networks - Sustaining the momentum!'
Past-President ACEM, Chair sEMCAN, Vice-President AMA Victoria, Past Choosing Wisely lead.
Dr Helen Redmond: Rehabilitation physician, DEA
Julia Farrington: Principle Policy Officer, Climate Risk and Net Zero Unit, NSW Department of Health
Dr. Brian O’Connell: ‘The Rational Investigations Program - The RiP-ple Effect'
Sustainable Healthcare Lead, Dep Chair sEMCAN, Director CAHA, UNSW Conj. Lecturer, Emergency Physician

Event Schedule:

Date: Tuesday, 22nd October
Drop in Session times: Start 8am - Close 5.45 pm

8-9am: Opening Symposium
10-11:30am Morning Workshops
Hospital Atrium
12-2pm: Hospital Atrium Pop-up Exhibition – Meet the teams / Share insights
With refreshments and social nibbles
12.30-1pm: Planting the seeds - From grey to green hospital walk
Explore outside - Garden visit - green spaces for improved health
2:30-4pm Afternoon Workshops
Hospital Atrium
4.30 -5.30pm: Keynote Presentations - High impact solutions
5.30 - 6pm - Nibbles & Networking

Workshop Options:

Reducing Low Value Care – Pathology Tests
Reducing Low Value Care – Cannula Reduction
Reducing Low Value Care – De-prescribing Unnecessary Medications
Green Spaces
Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge
Food and Veggie Patches
Waste optimisation
Climate Risk and Solutions
Active Transport
Supply Chains / Circular Economy

How to Register:

Staff can register their preferences for workshops via this Humantix page.
Please indicate which sessions you are able to attend and your interest areas.
The event facilitators will provide workshops according to demand and availability of attendees.

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Teams Links 8am OPENING SYMPOSIUM

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Teams Links 4.30pm KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

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