Creating the next Green Plan for BLMK
The final version of the refreshed Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) Integrated Care System (ICS) Green Plan is complete. This will be reviewed by the Board of the Integrated Care Board in June 2025 before being published here. If you’d like to see a copy in advance, please contact BLMKICB.sustainability@nhs.net.
The refreshed Green Plan has been built from a set of proposed commitments created in response to the recommendations from Leading for a Sustainable Health and Care seminar held on 15 November 2024, and other engagement activities undertaken since May 2024. The draft commitments can be viewed here.
To find out more about the BLMK ICS Green Plan and environmentally sustainable health and care, please view the documents below, visit our Environmental Sustainability pages.
The Sustainable Health and Care seminar
Led by Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board, the Sustainable Health and Care event on 15 November 2024 gave local leaders the opportunity to hear from prominent speakers as they developed a refreshed green plan for the region, to boost health and wellbeing for communities, deliver net zero services, and put the NHS on a more sustainable footing.
Alistair Strathern MP for Hitchin provided the keynote address at the conference. Alastair has been a champion for environmental issues throughout his career, notably as current chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Environment.
Event information is provided below, including an event summary, delegates’ comments and recommendations, as well as background and slides. Case studies used to support the event are also accessible on this site.
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Recommendations
Recommendations
Comments and recommendations from the seminar were captured and are available below:
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Seminar Information Pack
Seminar Information Pack
- Leading for Sustainability in BLMK – a burning ambition for change - event summary
- Green Leaders Rally for GroundBreaking Local Summit - pre-event press release
Seminar slide-decks:
- Seminar Slide Deck - Leading for an Environmentally Sustainable Health and Care System 15 November 2024
- Martin Baxter, Deputy CEO, IEMA - message from COP29 for BLMK - coming soon
- Dr Philip Tamuno, Head of Sustainability BartsHealth and BHRUT: Making a Difference
- Background Information Pack - Leading for an Environmentally Sustainable Health and Care System
- The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: 2023 report - Slide 5 Video
Further background:
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Speaker Profiles
Speaker Profiles