Climate Adaptation Framework for NHS organisations – Further Guidance
Advanced Maturity Tasks OC3A: Identify opportunities to include adaptation and resilience in plans, policies and procedures Take a systematic look across the breadth of your organisation’s functions to identify opportunities to include adaptation in plans, policies and procedures. Think about where you can make the most impact, but also look beyond the ‘obvious’ to areas that may not have considered climate adaptation.
Further guidance:
• Identify opportunities to include adaptation in various organisational plans, policies and/or procedures. Consider policy and planning timescales and identify windows of opportunity. e.g 10 year ICS Estates Infrastructure Plan • Take advantage of opportunities such as consultation on new or review of pre-existing policies and strategies to submit comments on how adaptation could be included or incorporated. • Create a list of upcoming policy and strategy review opportunities and allocate time to providing consultation responses/ feedback on those with greatest potential to influence adaptation. • Speak with colleagues about incorporating adaptation into existing processes which can be used to screen new policies, plans, strategies and projects for climate-related threats and opportunities.
• Ensure adaptation is included in all sustainability impact assessments completed.
OC3B: Put governance arrangements for adaptation into operation
Establish a governance group with appropriate authority to approve and implement change. If required, a governance group should receive appropriate training on climate risk, adaptation, and resilience to empower decision making.
Further guidance:
Create a work programme
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o Develop a work programme for the group that aligns with your organisational priorities and adaptation aims. o Organise meetings of the governance group (or the wider group in which your adaptation work will be governed – including named leads) o Ensure the governance group has oversight and organisational sign-off of adaptation activities.
• Ensure resources committed to adaptation.
o Examine your short, medium and long-term adaptation needs ( PI1B see Planning and Implementation). Estimate potential resources required and build a business case that aims to secure initial resources ( OC2A ).
Authors: Sustainability West Midlands; Sniffer Partners: NHSE North East & Yorkshire, NHSE North West, NHS Greater Manchester
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