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In this paper, an innovative climate change adaptation plan for Central Manchester University Hospitals is presented. This adaptation plan is structured in four blocks: (1) stakeholder engagement, (2) information gathering on local climate change impacts, local health inequalities spatial planning and attitudes to more sustainable mode of transport of patients, visitors and staff, (3) decision making and implementation, and (4) monitoring.
The estimate temperature change of the summer warmest day is about +3 °C by 2099 and the central estimate of change in the precipitation on the wettest day is about +18.8 % by 2099 in Manchester. This change in the climate can harshly affect the health of 71 % of the population in Manchester who lives in deprivation. NHS, as the largest public health organisation in the UK, has the responsibility to reduce health inequalities as well as to enhance resilience in the local community by promoting behavioural change. The travel survey carried out at Manchester Royal infirmary (MRI) from travel activities revealed that the main barriers to switching to a more sustainable mode of transport are poor services, tickets affordability, child-care commitments, convenience and shift patterns. The most popular sustainable travel plan initiative is the interest free public transport season ticket loan, with the bike scheme and car-sharing schemes the second and third most popular respectively. Implementing successful a sustainable travel plan at CMFT is contingent on the successful cross-sectoral work with Greater Manchester Public Transport and Manchester Corridor, and a significant investment in onsite facilities such as showers or safe bike shelters. CMFT has also set progress monitoring tools through carbon footprinting from travel related activities. The carbon footprint exercise shows that MRI travel carbon emissions are 5,783,427 kg CO2e, which represents 1.7 % of national NHS travel total. Staff contributes most significantly to the MRI travel carbon footprint, with 51 % of the total carbon emission, followed by visitors with 26 %, and patients with 23 %. Nurses are the largest contributing staff group with 1,384,590 kg CO2e but medical staffing is the largest contributor per employee with 919 kg CO2e.
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Nieto-Cerezo, O. (2016). Refining NHS Climate Change Adaptation Plans: Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust (CMFT) Case Study. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25814-0_16
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