Sustainability is critical for future proofing the NHS

Abstract

Interventions that consider climate change, sustainability, and nature should be integral to health system functioning. Placing sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future offers opportunities to deliver better services, support healthier populations, and save costs.

Future Hospital Commission – 10 years on. What's changed, what's new and what's next?

“…The changes in population need together with less development in other elements of care, particularly primary and social care, and the available workforce not being enough to meet this demand mean that we cannot reliably deliver the care that we want to. The Times 21 and BMJ 22 have reported their health commissions in the past 12 months, and their recommendations are important and insightful for future health and the NHS, but say little about the detail of care delivery. The FHC certainly captured and expressed the need of the moment, and there is more to be done to deliver its recommendations that remain very relevant today.…”