A joined-up just transition for Scotland
In October 2021, just a few days before COP26 took place in Scotland, some of Scotland's leading innovators and changemakers came together to explore just transition to net zero, map the speed at which Scotland must tackle climate change and ensure no one is left behind.
In October 2021, just a few days before COP26 took place in Scotland, some of Scotland's leading innovators and changemakers came together to explore just transition to net zero, map the speed at which Scotland must tackle climate change and ensure no one is left behind.
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THEME 4:<br />
PUBLIC SECTOR SERVICES<br />
Delivered by Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI)<br />
and Precision Medicine <strong>Scotland</strong><br />
DHI and PMS are Innovation Centres in <strong>Scotland</strong>. By combining insights from the digital and genomic<br />
revolutions, DHI can reduce inefficiencies in health and care delivery, improve access, minimise costs,<br />
increase quality and make health and care truly person-centres. PMS-IC’s focus is on linking <strong>Scotland</strong>’s<br />
domain expertise, data assets and delivery capability to accelerate the adoption of Precision Medicine: new<br />
products and services <strong>for</strong> a global market.<br />
dhi-scotland.com<br />
precisionmedicinescotland.com<br />
innovationcentres.scot<br />
“Everyone thinks that health and care services have a small, if any, part to play in this global movement (towards<br />
a <strong>just</strong> <strong>transition</strong> to net zero) but with about 6-7% of emissions coming from health and social care provision, we<br />
can and need to play our part.”<br />
That was Professor George Crooks of DHI, opening the session on public sector services.<br />
It was never easy to start with to build a hospital.<br />
To add further priorities and outcomes on each of<br />
those is a challenge… However, healthcare has<br />
never stayed the same, it is always driving to improve.<br />
Susan Grant, NHS <strong>Scotland</strong><br />
BUILDING TO ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS<br />
George <strong>joined</strong> <strong>for</strong>ces with Darren Kilburn of FarrPoint and Susan Grant of NHS <strong>Scotland</strong> to signpost key<br />
opportunities and challenges in terms of using digital technology to s<strong>up</strong>port <strong>Scotland</strong>’s net zero ambitions.<br />
Notable points included:<br />
• with an ageing population and long-term multiple conditions on the rise, e-health and digital will be key to<br />
delivering smarter healthcare<br />
• future digital tools and services will shift the balance of care away from treatment and post-event care,<br />
towards prevention and anticipation of illness, and independent living<br />
• hospitals can act as a ‘Formula 1’ environment, offering options to develop and test solutions which can<br />
trickle down to other settings<br />
• the journey towards net-zero health and care must be co-designed with all stakeholders – from clinicians<br />
to hospital porters to patients and their families.<br />
12 Full agenda, speaker profiles and videos of all sessions at: https://newsquestscotlandevents.com/events/cop26-<strong>just</strong>-<strong>transition</strong>/
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