The GP NET-0 Study
The Warwick Medical School/ University of Warwick study team submitted a bid to the NIHR for funding of the GPNET-0 Study in 2022.
Healthwatch Warwickshire supported this bid and agreed to assist with sharing the purpose and findings of the study.
Healthwatch Warwickshire supported this bid and agreed to assist with sharing the purpose and findings of the study.
The study accepted:
•That the NHS is committed to reducing the carbon emissions linked with its activities.
•Research is needed to learn how this can be done.
The study’s aims:
•To answer the question: ‘How do institutional, organisational, professional, and patient factors influence the implementation and sustainability of actions to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with general practice?’
•To understand how general practice is implementing decarbonisation actions to help achieve a net zero NHS.
•To suggest actions to decarbonise general practice to help achieve a net zero NHS.
Read the Healthwatch Warwickshire presentation of the GP NET-0 findings on the link below
Document
HWW GP Net 0 Study FINAL.pdf544.95 KB
The presentation includes suggested actions to meet NET-0 targets for Patients and Public, GP Practices, and Commissioners and Critical Friends.
"Patients and Public could e.g., Use electronic communications with your practice: text, email, online consultations; where these are clinically appropriate for your needs.
GP Practices could e.g., Use the Budget Impact Model developed to assess costs and savings of specific actions.
Commissioners and Critical friends could e.g., Advocate for sustainability to be embedded in GP contractual frameworks and quality schemes, not left to voluntary effort."
