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

Cecilia Keating
clock • 9 min read

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....

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

  • Enjoy exclusive news, insights and analysis from Europe’s leading source of information on the green economy and business.
  • Make smart, responsible business decisions with an eye on the latest regulatory and tech development
  • Tap into our extensive archive of exclusive articles, news, analysis and guide
  • Access to our new BusinessGreen intelligence service, providing you with
  • > Exclusive in-depth case studies
  • > Policy briefings, white papers and reports on market trends that are shaping the direction of the net zero transition
  • Our overnight briefing, expertly curated help you run a competitive and sustainable business
  • Online and interactive meetings with BusinessGreen’s editors to discuss the crucial stories and trends from the past month

Choose the membership package that's right for you and your organisation, via our 3 membership levels.

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Management

Josh Pitman: 'We oversimplify everything to greenhouse gas emissions when they're only part of a wider picture'

Josh Pitman: 'We oversimplify everything to greenhouse gas emissions when they're only part of a wider picture'

Josh Pitman, managing director of sustainable packaging firm Priory Direct, discusses the potential of AI and chemical recycling, and how he is a 'big believer' in apprentices

Stuart Stone
clock 18 March 2025 • 7 min read
IHG Hotels & Resorts opens first net zero carbon hotel in Exeter

IHG Hotels & Resorts opens first net zero carbon hotel in Exeter

New ultra-efficient hotel aims to offer 'exceptional stay for the environmentally conscious customer'

clock 14 March 2025 • 5 min read
'Make more sustainable holidays mainstream': easyJet holidays reveals plans for ESG Framework for Tourism

'Make more sustainable holidays mainstream': easyJet holidays reveals plans for ESG Framework for Tourism

Easyjet holidays publishes first Impact Report highlighting company's plans to drive a 'significant shift' towards more sustainable holidays

clock 14 March 2025 • 5 min read