ASR500-002 - NHSScotland Climate Change Risk Assessments and Adaptation Plans: A Summary Report

Climate change significantly impacts the healthcare system, posing threats to healthcare assets and the continuity of service provision. To address these challenges, NHS boards have developed climate change risk assessments (CCRAs) and adaptation plans for healthcare assets, assessing a variety of climate hazards and recommending adaptation measures.

This report encompasses the results of NHS boards' CCRAs and adaptation plans, providing a national picture of the potential impacts of climate change on healthcare assets and services and proposed actions to mitigate them. This report also contains recommendations to progress climate change adaptation in NHSScotland. NHS boards’ CCRAs and adaptation plans for healthcare assets represent first important steps for NHSScotland in the adaptation process, aiming to not only enhance its adaptive capacity and increase its health system resilience but also contribute to broader environmental sustainability.