Identifying High Carbon Footprint Medicines

Need for the project 1. The 2019 NHS Long Term Plan set sustainability commitments for the NHS, which are elaborated in the 'Delivering a Net Zero National Health Service' report. 2. The 2020 'Delivering a Net Zero National Health Service' report committed the NHS to reaching net zero carbon emissions across the emissions that it directly controls by 2040 (with an 80% reduction by 2032) and for its full scope, including its supply chain, by 2045 (with an 80% reduction by 2039). Medicines account for 25% of NHS carb...