GPNET-0 Study
Implementation of decarbonisation actions in General Practice to help achieve a net zero NHS (GPNET-0 Study)
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The NHS is committed to reducing the carbon emissions associated with its activities; research is urgently needed to learn how this can be done. This study will investigate as to how general practice can contribute.
The GPNET-0 Study aims to answer the question:
‘How do institutional, organisational, professional, and patient factors influence the implementation and sustainability of actions to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with general practice?’
The study’s aims:
- To understand how general practice is implementing decarbonisation actions to help achieve a net zero NHS; and
- To generate actionable recommendations on how to support and accelerate the implementation and sustainability of actions to decarbonise general practice to help achieve a net zero NHS.
The study has seven objectives, each mapped to a work package (WP). The diagram below shows each work package, and how they relate to each other. For more information about each WP, please see their specific pages.
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Study Setting:
The GPNET-0 Study will be conducted within three Integrated Care Board (ICB) areas, selected due to their differing levels of current engagement with decarbonisation activities: Coventry and Warwickshire ICB, Birmingham and Solihull ICB, and South Yorkshire ICB.![Logo for the GPNET-0 Study. It depicts the acronym GPNET-0 in blue and green text.](logo_without_background.jpg)
Enquiries:
Dr Ana Raquel Nunes
Dates of project:
1 September 2023 – 28 February 2026
Funder:
![NIHR logo](funded_by_nihr_logo2.jpg)
The GPNET-0 Study has received HRA and Health and Care Research Wales (RCRW) Approval (REC reference: 23/PR/1169)
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