title: Consultation seeks a broad response.
abstract: Three years after launching the NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy 2009, Saving Carbon, Improving Health, the NHS Sustainable Development Unit (NHS SDU) has initiated a 'major consultation and engagement exercise' to inform the development of a new 'Sustainable Development Strategy for The Health, Public Health and Social Care System' for 2014-2020. The consultation was launched on 29 January at London's St Thomas' Hospital, where Sir David Nicholson, NHS CEO, and CEO of the new NHS Commissioning Board; Duncan Selbie, CEO of Public Health England, and Mike Farrar, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, all spoke in support. As HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, reports, the four-month consultation's aim is 'to capture the thoughts of the entire health system'--the NHS, the public health sector, local authorities, the new Health and Wellbeing Boards, and Clinical Commissioning Groups--'to help shape the scope and ambitions for a sustainable health service to 2020'.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baillie
mesh_terms: D058572:Carbon Footprint; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D058735:Environmental Policy; D017752:Greenhouse Effect / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013222:State Medicine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom