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Our solution expands on a well-established sustainability programme in general practice to further carbon reduction in primary care. We will upscale engagement in dentistry, getting more practices using the Green Impact Dentistry toolkit to improve sustainability of their practice.

We will build functionality so regional bodies can understand engagement across dental and general practice in their region. This will allow better programme rollout to their providers and identify gaps.

We will seek expertise from the sector to further improve the content of the toolkit, to ensure it is aligned with Net Zero goals and can demonstrate impact through carbon reporting.

Greener Practice is a community interest company and the UK’s primary care sustainability network. Our mission is to enable primary care to take action towards environmentally sustainable healthcare. The aim of our project is to engage and equip busy health professionals in General Practice to implement carbon reductions in clinical activity through “off-the-shelf” quality improvement (QI) projects. The clinical resources will be developed by health professionals working in primary care who are aware of constraints and opportunities. A user-friendly, visual platform will support easy access to step-by-step resources that enable primary care to implement net zero clinical quality improvement activity.

A foundation module designed from our end user engagement and feedback, will optimise interest and uptake. We will collaborate with NHS organisation such as NHS England, RCGP, SEE Sustainability to ensure correct tools, advice and academic research for use in the product. Its purpose is to harness the mass of validated information and interventions, filter, and apply sector specific ‘how to’ hand holding steps to remove the blockers which prevent uptake and adoption. It can also act as a dashboard for commissioning authorities to be able to view a sustainability maturity map of their providers in one place.