Greening the NHS: How sustainability initiatives could save the health service £250m a year

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Greening the NHS: How sustainability initiatives could save the health service £250m a year

NHS Sustainability Day campaign launches annual impact report as work continues by expert panel commissioned by NHS England to investigate into how and when the health service can meet net zero

An NHS community healthcare trust that provides services across West Sussex saved £357,000 last year through a new wheelchair recycling scheme, which saw more than 1,400 wheelchairs refurbished and reassigned....

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