Making a Difference - The London Green Celebration Event, 10-12th June 2025
2025-06-10 10:30 - 2025-06-12 16:30 (Europe/London) | Online Session, United Kingdom
Join us as we shine a spotlight on the incredible people and projects driving sustainability across London’s NHS. This event is all about celebrating progress, sharing lessons, and inspiring change.

An online event over three days, 10-12 June 2025
20 inspiring presentationsfrom net zero experts across London
A welcome sessionfeaturing Caroline Clarke, Regional Director for the NHS in London

· Three ways to get involved:
1. Register as an attendee byclicking here
2. Take part as a speaker – we’re looking for NHS staff across London to present their net zero projects – no matter the size.Click here to put your name down
3. Nominate someone for a ‘You made a Difference’ Award(see below )
For more details on what to expect from the event, and to get involved, see below.

Take part as an attendee
Register here

🎉What to Expect
This three-day virtual celebration will be launched by NHS leaders:

Caroline Clarke, London Regional Director
Usman Khan, Regional Director of Improvement, Transformation and Partnerships
Dr. Josephine Sauvage, Chief Medical Officer, CMO & Place Directorate

They’ll kick off a series of powerful sessions where colleagues across London will present theirnet zero success stories—what they did, how they did it, and the difference it’s making.

💡Whether you’re already leading green initiatives or just getting started, this is your chance to:

Discover fresh, practical sustainability ideas
Learn directly from those making it happen
Connect with like-minded NHS colleagues
Leave feeling inspired and energised to act

Take part as a speaker

Put your name down here

✅The London Green celebration event returns champion the incredible work of colleagues across London who are delivering sustainability initiatives that contribute to NHS net zero. We’re looking for NHS staff across London to present their net zero projects – no matter the size – at this online London celebration event in June. This is your chance to inspire others by showcasing what you’ve done, how you did it, and the impact it’s having.

To find out more see attached and to register as a speakerclick here

Nominate someone for a ‘You made a Difference’ Award

Email:james.colley@selondonics.nhs.uk

🌱Nominate a Net Zero Hero – You Made a Difference Awards🌱
Do you know a colleague whose work is helping drive the NHS towards its net zero goals? Whether they’re an admin superstar, a waste wizard, a sustainable surgeon, or a mindful leader, we want to hear about them!
As part of our Green Celebration, we’re launching our first-ever “You Made a Difference” Awards – honouring everyday sustainability champions across London’s NHS whose efforts – big or small – are making a real difference in sustainability. All nominees will be celebrated throughout the three-day event, with recognition in every session.

🟢How to Nominate
If you have a colleague or team contributing to our net zero ambition, send your nomination tonetzero@selondonics.nhs.uk.
Include:

Their name
Job title
A short description of how their work supports the NHS net zero targets

They’ll receive a special award and be recognised during our celebration for their impactful efforts.

For additional information, please contact: nilam.jadav1@nhs.net

Developing a Children & Young People Social Prescribing Service
2025-06-10 12:30 - 13:30
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Yorkshire Health Partners have been delivering CYP Social Prescribing services since 2021. We have experienced the pitfalls, success and developed a CYP SP Service Blueprint from inception, ideas through to full-service development. We developed the service from GP referrals only to including self-referrals, schools and colleges and Voluntary and Community Groups.
Our service is data informed; voice of service users and partners, commissioner engagement and driven by robust and meaningful data analyses.
As the Health landscape evolves, developing prevent, out of hospital care and locally led partnerships CYP Social Prescribing is a great example of a community service in action.
We invite you to join us on the 10th June from 12.30 to 13.30. Bring your lunch, bring your questions, and let’s explore together!
Introduction
Establishing a CYP Social Prescribing team can profoundly enhance the well-being, development and resilience for children and young people. Early intervention is a proven tool to prevention and mitigates crisis management, can reduce CAMHs waiting lists and lengthy waits for support where mental health conditions can be exacerbated.
CYP Social Prescribing employs a holistic approach to address the social, emotional, and practical needs of the younger population, providing them with personalised support and connections to community resources. By fostering resilience and improving mental health, the CYP Social Prescribing team can empower children and young people to thrive across many spheres of their lives, education, family, personal and relationships. Building a foundation for long-term success and prosperity for children and young people.
What does the session cover?
Our session will cover key topics such as setting up a CYP Social Prescribing Service, harnessing collaboration, developing a business case, and more –

Why set up a CYP Social Prescribing Service
How to harness collaboration and engagement across your locality
How to develop a business case and access funding opportunities
Developing tools and blueprints to deliver a successful CYP Social Prescribing Service
What do we mean by informed and data led
What our service users say and how to harness the voice of our children and young people

Who is the session aimed at?
Whether you’re a commissioner, potential service provider, Community and Voluntary Sector, CAMHs lead, or looking to develop place-based services, this session is for you.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn and connect. Join us for an insightful and engaging session

UEL Workshops - “Should the NHS be privatised?”
2025-06-11 17:00 - 19:00
I am Professor Joanne Harris, and I am delighted to have joined the University of East London this month as the new Dean of Medicine. In addition to my education role, I also practice as a GP in London. The University is embarking on an exciting initiative to establish a GMC-accredited MBBS undergraduate School of Medicine at the Stratford campus, with the first cohort of students set to begin in 2027. As we develop this programme, we aim to leverage the comprehensive resources of the UEL Health Campus to create enriching learning opportunities for local healthcare providers, including both medical and Allied Health professionals.
Building on the success of the workshop series as part of the Postgraduate Academy of Health education programme, previously developed and delivered to our Health Fellows, we are expanding these offerings to a broader audience. As part of this initiative, we will be hosting a series of lunchtime webinars covering a range of topics relevant to local healthcare providers.
The webinars will be conducted online and will run from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays. Details of our current programme are listed below.
If you have suggestions for future topics, I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to email me at jharris1@uel.ac.uk.
Workshops are from 5-7pm at our UEL Stratford Campus. Please book here

Wednesday 12/02/2025 “How can we sustain lifestyle changes in our patients?” Chair: Prof Anwar Khan, Speakers – Dr Patricia Smith & Prof Sir Sam Everington (TBC)
Wednesday 09/04/2025 “Assisted dying legislation- what does the public want?”
Wednesday 11/06/2025 “Should the NHS be privatised?”
Wednesday 17/09/2025 “Are we over-diagnosing neurodiversity?”
Wednesday 12/11/2025“Marijuana should be legalised

Lunchtime webinars from 1pm – 1.30pm

Thursday 12/02/2025 “Is it time for a 4 year MBBS curriculum?” Prof Jo Harris
Tuesday 25/03/2025 “Can SIM training replace face-to-face teaching?” Rob Waterson/ Dr Hamid Merchant
Wednesday 30/04/2025 “Educating GenZ without zzzzzz” Prof Anwar Khan
Thursday 22/05/2025 “Optimal mentorship and staff wellbeing” Dr Matthew Arnold/ Dr Sophie Bokhari
Date tbc – Enhancing students competencies when concerns are raised” Steph Messner/ Richard Harty
Date tbc – Effective learning objectives – Caroline Doolan
Date tbc – Streamlining portfolio development – Teresa McMahon
Date tbc – PGA by publication – Dr Laura Vanderbloemen

NHS Cervical Screening Programme Update Webinar
2025-06-12 12:00 - 13:00
A webinar has been organised for Thursday 12 June 2025 (12 noon – 1 pm) to inform providers and commissioners of cervical screening services of significant transformational changes, updates and reminders within the NHS Cervical Screening Programme.

How to register: NHS Cervical Screening Programme Webinar | NHS England Events
We expect the webinar to be of interest to GP practice managers, PCNs, cervical screening sample takers (Primary Care/Integrated Sexual Health Services/Defence Medical Services), cervical screening laboratory providers, colposcopy and associated histology providers, regional commissioners, ICBs and cancer alliances.

The webinar will cover changes in respect of screening intervals for the 25–49-year cohort, digitalisation of invitation and result letters, HPV self-sampling, the transgender and non-binary opt-in and workforce, as well as updates from the Cervical Screening Administration Service (CSAS).

London Living Wage in Primary Care
2025-06-12 13:00 - 14:00
You are invited to a ‘lunch and learn’ webinar on the London Living Wage in primary care. It will take place via Zoom on 12 June, 1-2pm. As it will be in a webinar format, you will not be expected to turn on your camera or unmute – unless you would like to – but there is a Q&A function for you to ask questions.

To secure your spot, please make sure to registerhere

During the workshop we will be covering…
• What the real Living Wage is
• Reflections from Living Wage Employers in primary care on implementing the real Living Wage
• The context in London to support local communities to thrive and survive
• Worker, business, patient and public health benefits to paying the real Living Wage
• Common challenges and solutions

The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate based on the cost of living and is currently £12.60 per hour and £13.85 per hour in London. Accredited Living Wage Employers choose to pay the rate to directly employed staff, as well as regularly contracted third-party staff.

You can find out more about becoming a Living Wage Employer on the Living Wage Foundation’s website and make use of the NHS toolkit for information specific to health employers, case studies and more. If you would like to talk to a member of the Living Wage Foundation team about joining the Living Wage movement, please email bethan.spacey@livingwage.org.uk.

As part of NHS London’s ambitions to support the payment of the London Living Wage, colleagues from the NHS London Anchor Programme are supporting this event.
