Sustainability
Our sustainability pledge
The All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG) and the All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre (AWTTC) pledge to:
- support measures to address the climate change emergency
- contribute to achieving the NHS’s goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030
- consider the environmental impact of medicines
- consider the impact of our work on people and future generations, and on their health and wellbeing
- involve patients and the public in our work, ensuring that our work is inclusive and fully reflects the diversity of Wales; and
- take action to reduce health inequalities in relation to access, use and outcomes from medicines
Our sustainability resources
AWTTC Best Practice Day – Environmental impact of medicines
The Greener Primary Care Wales Framework Award Scheme 2023
NHS Wales decarbonisation strategic delivery plan
AWMSG and the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act
Inhaler carbon footprint report page
All Wales adult asthma management and prescribing guideline
All Wales COPD management and prescribing guideline
20th Anniversary Conference - Well-being of Future Generations presentation by Sophie Howe
Pharmaceutical Industry sustainability resources
ABPI members exemplars of work
Office of Health Economics Supporting the Era of Green Pharmaceuticals in the UK