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13 April 2022 - 13 April 2022
6:00PM - 7:00PM
Room 042, Teaching & Learning Centre, South Road, Durham University, DH1 3LE
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Free
Healthcare Ocean are a group of motivated individuals from healthcare, marine science, environmental/public health, commercial shipping and active living. We work in our own time to ensure ocean health is considered and where appropriate included within healthcare strategy.
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Human Healthcare and the Ocean
Synopsis: In this lecture, Richard will talk about how humans are damaging our oceans, how changes are occurring at an unprecedented rate and why we need to be worried. Richard will explain the role the NHS must play and how at Healthcare Ocean we are bringing together organisations to drive positive change.
Dr Richard Hixson co-founded Healthcare Ocean as his main interest is Global Goal 14, Life Below Water and how anthropogenic activities including healthcare procurement, container shipping and molecular pollution adversely affected the marine environment. His goal is to ensure oceans, coasts and inland waterways are never forgotten in NHS net zero planning as without healthy oceans, it will simply be impossible to successfully tackle the climate crisis.
To book a place at this event please visit our EventBrite page.
Speakers
Dr Richard Hixson FRCA FFICM
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine
Consultant in County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust since 2001; past Deputy Medical Director; ; Trust Clinical Lead for Sustainability; Northeast ‘ICS’ Sustainability Group lead for ‘people’; member of Durham County Council’s Climate Emergency Strategic Board, the Intensive Care Society’s Sustainability Working Group, NHS England’s Sustainable Procurement and Supplier Forums and the UK National Committee for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.