Sustainable Innovation for Nurses and Midwives

There are limited spaces available. The course is funded and supported by the Burdett Trust as part of three new course offers for nurses and midwives.

This course equips you, as a nurse or midwife, with the knowledge, tools, and professional support to lead sustainable innovation within your area of practice. Recognising the critical role that nurses and midwives play at every level of healthcare delivery, this training enables you to integrate environmental sustainability, social equity, and quality improvement into your clinical and organisational responsibilities. 

Delivered through a combination of self-paced online learning and a live, interactive webinar, the course provides both a theoretical foundation and practical guidance. You will explore the complex relationship between human health, climate change, and ecological degradation, and examine how healthcare systems are both contributors to and affected by these challenges. 

The second part of the course includes structured support for developing a sustainability project based on the Sustainable Quality Improvement (SusQI) methodology. This approach enables you to apply sustainability principles to real-world quality improvement projects, enhancing patient care while reducing environmental impact and promoting long-term system resilience. 

Through real-life case studies, evidence-informed strategies, and peer collaboration, you will be supported to identify opportunities for positive change within your own practice. You will also be invited to participate in our active online professional network, fostering continued learning, knowledge exchange, and collective impact across the wider health and care community. 

I am a nurse or a midwife, why should I book this course?

This course is specifically designed to support nurses and midwives like you to stay up to date with the latest evidence-based practices and enhance your skills and knowledge. It is designed both for health and social care. 

By completing this course, you will be equipped to effectively plan, implement, and evaluate a sustainability project within your area of work. You will gain practical skills and confidence to integrate sustainable practices into your day-to-day role, contributing to improved outcomes for patients, communities, and the environment. Whether working independently or as part of a wider team, you will be supported to make meaningful, measurable changes that align with the principles of sustainable healthcare. 

By booking this course, you’ll earn valuable Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, ensuring you meet your NMC professional development requirements while improving your expertise.  

It is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge, stay ahead in your field, and enhance the quality of care you provide to your patients. 

Learning objectives

By the end of the course, you will be able to: 

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the links between climate change, health inequalities, and public health, and describe how these impact patients, communities, and the health system. 
• Explain the role of the health sector in contributing to the global environmental crisis, and describe the environmental risks posed to human health and health- and social care delivery. 
• Apply basic climate and sustainability literacy by identifying carbon hotspots in healthcare and understanding the principles of carbon footprinting and sustainable practice. 
• Identify and assess opportunities to improve the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of healthcare delivery within your area of practice. 
• Apply the SusQI methodology to plan, implement, and measure the impact of a sustainability-focused improvement project in your workplace. 
• Reflect on your role as a healthcare professional in contributing to sustainable practice, and identify ways to continue embedding sustainability into your clinical and organisational responsibilities.