Welcome to the Sustainable Respiratory Care Network!

What will respiratory medicine look like in 5 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS?

We are starting an exciting project, funded for a year by GSK, to improve the environmental sustainability of respiratory medicine, focusing in particular on COPD.

We will focus on the environmental impact of COPD services, showing how the inclusion of environmental protection as a key driver alongside cost and quality of care will encourage innovation and ultimately produce a service which is preventative, personalised and efficient and makes best use of low carbon technologies.

Outputs include:

• A report on the baseline footprint of existing COPD services or care pathways 
• A Summit meeting of leaders in COPD and Sustainable Development 
• A framework for sustainable service line commissioning in COPD 
• Academic papers published 

You can see the full details in the project outline on the Resources page.

Please do let your colleagues know about this network and then start sharing ideas and questions. We look forward to working with you!