{"title":"Transforming healthcare: the role of nurse research in supporting the NHS Net Zero Agenda.","authors":"Carolyn Fleurat, Natalie Williams-Fenton","doi":"10.12968/bjcn.2025.0047","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rising impacts of climate change, such as increased health inequalities and increase in climate-sensitive diseases, pose significant challenges to the NHS. Community nurses and nurse researchers are pivotal in driving solutions to meet the NHS Net Zero targets, while maintaining high-quality patient care. The nursing workforce represents a significant portion of healthcare professionals globally and is uniquely positioned to influence climate-sensitive care delivery and reduce carbon emissions. This article explores the role of nurse research in advancing sustainability within healthcare, focusing on strategies for embedding sustainability into clinical practice and nursing curricula.</p>","PeriodicalId":35731,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Community Nursing","volume":"30 4","pages":"184-187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British Journal of Community Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2025.0047","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Nursing","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The rising impacts of climate change, such as increased health inequalities and increase in climate-sensitive diseases, pose significant challenges to the NHS. Community nurses and nurse researchers are pivotal in driving solutions to meet the NHS Net Zero targets, while maintaining high-quality patient care. The nursing workforce represents a significant portion of healthcare professionals globally and is uniquely positioned to influence climate-sensitive care delivery and reduce carbon emissions. This article explores the role of nurse research in advancing sustainability within healthcare, focusing on strategies for embedding sustainability into clinical practice and nursing curricula.
期刊介绍:
British Journal of Community Nursing (BJCN) is the UK"s leading peer-reviewed journal for district nurses, containing the most up-to-date clinical coverage and research on primary care nursing. The journal promotes excellence in clinical practice with an emphasis on the sharing of expertise and innovation in district nursing. Articles are written by nurses from across the community nursing spectrum, and peer-reviewed by leading authorities in primary care to make sure that the journal addresses all aspects of the profession in a way that is relevant, intelligent and accessible, and so useful in daily practice.