Structure and accountability
The NSLHD Planetary Health Committee will drive the agenda of the NSLHD Planetary Health Framework and maintain oversight of its implementation. The five priority domains and focus areas including sustainable organisation, waste management and resource recovery, capital works and procurement, people and places and models of care will underpin decisions made in relation to the implementation and endorsement of new planetary health related initiatives. Each hospital and facility across NSLHD have implemented, or are in the process of implementing, a planetary health/environmental sustainability governance structure. At Royal North Shore Hospital, they have developed a Sustainability Plan and Action Plan aimed at embedding sustainability within all hospital operations. Progress against this plan is reported to the RNSH Innovation and Re-design Committee, that is a sub- committee of the NSLHD Planetary Health Committee. Other reporting sub-committees include the Hornsby Ku- ring-gai Hospital Sustainability Committee, Ryde Hospital Sustainable Future Committee, Mona Vale Hospital Sustainability Committee, Macquarie Hospital Wellness at Work Committee and Primary and Community Health Sustainability Network. A Planetary Health 'Staff Ideas' Portal will be launched across the District in 2021.The portal will give staff a platform to be able to suggest improvement initiatives related to planetary health in their department and/or hospital. In addition, opportunities for planetary health initiatives requiring additional funding are available to staff through the NSLHD Innovation Program.
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