Welcome to episode 61 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 8 September 2021] of #mhTV. This week Vanessa Gilmartin Garrity and Nicky Lambert spoke with guests Dr Heather Baid, Anna Fuhrmann and Siobhan Parslow-Williams about health and sustainability.
HB - Dr Heather Baid is a registered nurse specialising in intensive care practice who currently works as a Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton. She has a keen interest in sustainability issues, including how to reduce the environmental footprint of healthcare practice with financial and social co-benefits. For her PhD research, Heather explored the concept of sustainability within the context of critical care, and she is currently leading the GREEN-ICU research project (GREater ENvironmental sustainability in Intensive Care Practice). She has facilitated sustainability to be embedded into the curriculum across several healthcare courses at the University of Brighton and leads on organising the annual SHARE conference (Sustainable Healthcare Academic Research and Enterprise).
AF - At HCWH Europe, Anna Fuhrmann is a Climate Officer and responsible for administering the Nurses Climate Challenge, which mobilises nurses across Europe to educate themselves and other health professionals on the health impacts of climate change. The NCC leverages nurses’ unique and trusted voice to motivate health professionals, patients, the public, and policymakers to take climate action. Additionally, Anna leads the Health Care Climate Challenge and Race to Zero in Europe, connecting European hospitals and healthcare systems in their efforts to become climate-smart and reach net-zero emissions in accordance with the Paris agreement.
Anna holds a degree in paediatric nursing from the University Clinic Mainz in Germany and worked in Germany, Uganda, and Greece. Additionally, she studied International Relations and Organisations BSc at Leiden University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the co-founder and active board-member of a a nonprofit that supports Ugandan children to get access to education and creates income for their families by producing reusable menstrual pads.
SPW - Siobhan Parslow-Williams is the Quality Improvement Lead at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare. She is a registered nurse and currently project managing the Sustainable Quality Improvement Education project across England. Siobhan manages the Green Nurse Network, which is an informal, online community for nurses, students and nurse educators who take the threats from climate change seriously and wish to work together to establish what this means for nursing practice.
Some Twitter links to follow are:
NL - https://twitter.com/niadla
VG - https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH
HB - https://twitter.com/HeatherBaid
SPW - https://twitter.com/PwSiobhan
Credits:
Presenter: Vanessa Gilmartin Garrity & Nicky Lambert
Guests: Dr Heather Baid, Anna Fuhrmann and Siobhan Parslow-Williams
Theme music: Tony Gillam
Production & Editing: Dave Munday (https://twitter.com/davidamunday)
