Abstract
General practice plays a critical role in the NHS’ effort to mitigate the environmental impact. Prior research has pointed to the role of general practitioners as health advocates, role models and sources of information pertaining to climate change by raising awareness of its impact on human health. However, climate change initiatives require personal effort, behavioural change, organizational leadership as well as institutional and policy support to succeed.
Building on extant insights from management and healthcare literature and drawing on the combined empirical findings from a large, multi-year and multi-study research project set in the UK, here we develop an integrative framework of the factors shaping decarbonisation in general practice. More specifically, we seek to model the systemic nature collectively characterising the drivers and barriers of responses to climate action among general practices. Our research contributes to knowledge on managing the challenges of decarbonisation in the health care sector.