Clients: Social Care Institute for Excellence and Department of Health

Catherine initiated this major national policy and development programme and secured funding over three years from the Department of Health and Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). She raised awareness of sustainable development and built capacity across the sector through research, conferences, practitioner learning events, community engagement and publications.  She also contributed to national policy development and guidance regarding sustainability.

This work included a collaboration with Bristol City Council exploring how personalisation could stimulate the market for environmentally sustainable social care, and the development of an ethical framework for sustainable health and care. We also supported Durham University and Climate UK to embed learning from a 3-year research project Built Infrastructure for Older People’s Care in Conditions of Climate Change (BIOPICCC) working closely with local authorities to ensure infrastructures and systems supporting health and social care for older people are resilient to climate change. This work is cited in national guidance such as the Department of Health’s Cold Weather Plan.

Read the report on the impact of the BIOPICCC toolkit.

For further information about the programme, visit SCIE’s sustainability web pages where you can also download a range of publications and resources.