NHS Forest conference 2023 - Session 1 - Trees and woodlands on the NHS estate – a healthcare asset?

NHS Forest conference 2023 - Session 1 - Trees and woodlands on the NHS estate – a healthcare asset?

This session starts with a keynote speech from Alexis Percival, Environmental and Sustainability Manager for Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

Please note: It has recently been confirmed by the Department of Health and Social Care that the biodiversity duty deadline mentioned in Alexis' speech does not apply to NHS sites.

In the rest of this session we explore the role of trees in urban areas and the contributions that trees make to dispersing air pollution and climate cooling. We consider how we can quantify the value of trees and woodlands on the NHS estate and ask how our knowledge of the extent of tree cover enables us to acknowledge the contribution the NHS green estate plays in the health of the community it serves. This session is introduced and chaired by Warren Percival, RSK Group.

Speakers include:

- Dr James Levine, Senior Research Fellow, Birmingham University
- Dr David Armson, The Mersey Forest
- Nick Porter, Forest Research
- Sarah Jordan at The Tree Equity Score project