Participants’ reactions to the English National Health Service (NHS) data on the health sector’s GHG emissions (created by the authors)
| Reactions after being shown NHS data | Emission source (% of GHG emissions of the NHS) | Quotes |
| Expected | Energy including fuels and electricity (16) | Of course, energy is an important factor, like electricity and heating. (B15, clinical staff, female, 57) |
| Medical instruments and equipment (13) | All this single-use production is a huge issue. I can't imagine it any other way. (A2, administrative staff, male, 30) | |
| Unexpected, but comprehensible | Mobility of patients, staff, visitors (11) | Yes, well, mobility was not on my mind at all, because I was thinking about the [hospital] site itself. (A13, administrative staff, female, 44) |
| Food and catering (6) | I must admit that I hadn't really thought about food. But this is a huge impact on the environment that we make. Intensive livestock farming, meat, the amount of meat. (A9, administrative staff, male, 47) | |
| Surprising | Pharmaceuticals (12) | What surprises me(…)is that the pharmacological products are so problematic. I wouldn’t have thought that actually, because they’re such small, inconspicuous pills. (B1, clinical staff, male, 49) |
GHG, greenhouse gas.