Funded by Newcastle Hospitals Charity and co-managed by the Centre for Sustainable
Healthcare, we have two clinical sustainability fellows who work part time on
sustainable healthcare and part time in clinical practice.
Dr. Fatima Tahir is working within oncology, and Dr. Emma Vittery is working within
children’s services.
Fellowships have a strategic role in accelerating transformation towards sustainable healthcare. They can focus on the clinical specialty or on a cross-cutting theme such as education, quality
improvement or on a specific topic such as single-use plastics.
Objectives for the fellowship are:
- Increase knowledge about resource use and opportunities to improve value within specialty
care pathways. - Support the transmission of good practice through a network of local representatives within
clinical departments. - Accelerate progress in the specialty via policy development, commissioning and education.
- Professional development of the fellow as an ambassador for sustainable healthcare.
