Decarbonising the NHS: Scotland
The HIL Decarbonising the NHS Scotland 2026 Conference will take place on 7th October at the Radisson Blu, Glasgow.
The first annual conference in 2025 brought together healthcare leaders, sustainability experts, and policy makers to discuss strategies for reducing carbon emissions in Scotland.
This event now in its 2nd year brings together 200+ Heads, Directors and Senior Managers of Sustainability, Facilities, Estates and Climate Change Policy from healthboards, national and special bodies, and primary care to discuss and debate progress being made to create resilient health systems by incorporating climate change into health policies.
Delegates in attendance will include:
| Directors of Climate Change and Environmental Health | Heads of Procurement & Supply Chain |
| Net Zero Travel and Transport Managers | Corporate Governance and Business Managers |
| Heads of Contracts and Commissioning | Heads of Operational & Clinical Waste Management |
| Decarbonisation & Net Zero Managers | Energy & Sustainability Managers |
| Business Change Managers | Heads of Capital, Estates & Facilities |
This event gives attendees the chance to drive transformation in their own healthboards, replicating proven models of care and delivery to accelerate net zero progress across the health system in Scotland.
To strengthen collaboration across the UK’s health systems, this conference will form part of a dedicated series of events in England, Wales, and Scotland to review NHS policy within each nation.
These events will provide a platform for policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders to examine country-specific priorities, share lessons learned, and highlight innovative approaches.
By bringing together insights from across the three nations, the series aims to foster mutual understanding, encourage cross-border knowledge exchange, and identify opportunities for collective improvement.
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Event Schedule.
08.00 – 09.30 – Breakfast, registration and networking
09.30 – 09.40 – Chair welcome – Dr Fiona Adshead – Chair – Sustainable Healthcare Coalition (Invited)
09.40 – 10.00 – Delivering a sustainable, net zero healthcare service across Scotland – Professor Sir Gregor Smith – Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Scotland
10.00 – 10.15 – Future-fit healthcare for our changing environment – Celebrating progress and shaping the next Climate Action Strategy for Scotland’s health and care sector – Phillip McLean – Head of NHS Facilities and Environmental Sustainability – Scottish Government
10.15 – 10.30 – Why healthcare needs a circular economy and how we get there
- Wendy Rayner – Head of NHS Scotland Circular Economy Programme – Scottish Government
- Jeremy Darot – Head of AI and Data Science – Scottish Government
10.30 – 10.50 – Partnering to transform and decarbonise care – George Godfrey – Head of Medical Affairs – Respiratory and Immunology – AstraZeneca
10.50 – 11.30 – Refreshments and Networking
11.30 – 11.45 – Transforming NHS Estates: The Vital Role of Smart Hospitals, Decarbonisation and Climate Adaptation – Simon Hayman – Regional Director, Healthcare Decarbonisation & FM – Equans
11.45 – 12.00 – Capgemini Case study (speaker and title to be announced)
12.00 – 12.20 – Data-driven Decarbonisation: Unlocking Scope 3 Action
- Stevie McLaughlan – Head of Governance, National Procurement
- Cory Sherazee – Data Quality Strategy for Sustainability leader – Public Services Delivery Scotland
12.20 – 12.40 – Health impacts of climate change – Paul Johnston – Chief Executive – Public Health Scotland (Invited)
12.40 – 13.00 – Panel discussion
- CMO
- Philip McLean
- Stevie McLaughlin
- Paul Johnston
- Wendy Rayner
13.00 – 14.00 – Lunch and networking
14.00 – 14.20 – Funding Climate Action – Unlocking Long-Term Value – Alan Morrison – Deputy Director of Health Infrastructure and Sustainability – The Scottish Government
14.20 – 14.35 – Embedding sustainability into care pathways – David Taggart – Head of Climate Change and Delivery – National Green Healthcare Programme, Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD)
14.35 – 14.55 – The role of Medical Royal Colleges in decarbonising the UK NHS – Seshadri Vasan – Sustainability Chair at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow – NHS Grampian
14.55 – 15.10 – Movement Break
15.10 – 15.25 – Empowering public sector collaboration to accelerate action on climate change – George Tarvit – Director – Sustainable Scotland Network
15.25 – 15.40 – TITLE TBC – Daniel Mills – Head of Energy and Environmental Sustainability – NHS Lothian – to include a case study
15.40 – 15.55 – TITLE TBC – Ruth Innes – NHS Highland and Highland Adapts – to include a case study
15.55 – 16.10 – TITLE TBC
- Michael Simpson – Sustainability Manager (Transport and Active Travel)
- Dr Kathryn Logan – Sustainability Manager – Public Services Delivery Scotland
16.10 – 16.25 – Panel discussion
- SSN
- NHS Lothian
- NHS Highland
- PSD Scotland
16.25 – 16.30 – Final thanks – Fiona Adshead
*AstraZeneca has provided sponsorship towards this independent programme. AstraZeneca has had no editorial input into or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence except for the AstraZeneca sponsored presentation.
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