Essex Healthcare Adaptation Workshop - 15 July 2025

Hosted at Anglia Ruskin University and attended by 23 people from across Essex's health and social care organisations, speakers from local and regional health and social care organisations explored the specific risks faced by Essex's health and social care system from climate change. The event also showcased new tools for taking action.

It involved updates from health and care organisations at different health system levels about the steps they are taking to become resilient to the impacts of climate change. The second half of the workshop involved using and testing the new Healthcare Adaptation Resources Kit for use in training, exercising and workshops (see next section).

Speaker Presentations

  • Louise Tennekoon, Climate Action Engagement Manager (Essex County Council) asked,x-office-presentationWhat does Climate Change look like in Essex
  • Stella Cockerill, East of England Regional team (NHS England) spoke about policy and resources for adaptation planning in the NHSx-office-presentationPlanning and Delivering Healthcare in a Changing Environment
  • Frances Lamburn, Strategy Analyst, Greener NHS, NHS England, demonstrated the new NHS Climate Change Risk Assessment Tool. 
  • Andrew Urquhart, ICB Sustainability lead for Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE), spoke about x-office-presentationClimate adaptation in SNEE ICB
  • Pam Green, Alliance Director for Basildon and Brentwood (Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board), spoke passionately (without slides) about changing roles and responsibilities for adaptation.
  • Dr. Federica Pascale (Anglia Ruskin University) gave a research overview on a recent project on PDF Heat resilience in healthcareconducted at Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust.
  • Dr. Maryam Imani (Anglia Ruskin University) gave a research overview on a recent project on x-office-presentationWater catchment resilience in Essex