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Green ambulance? NHS plots hydrogen-fuelled prototype for London
Green ambulance? NHS plots hydrogen-fuelled prototype for London

Government-funded project aims to deliver prototype zero emission vehicle to London Ambulance Service NHS Trust later this year

  • Technology
  • 16 February 2021
Nature-based prescriptions: Green projects secure £5.77m to help boost mental wellbeing
Nature-based prescriptions: Green projects secure £5.77m to help boost mental wellbeing

Seven projects across England secure funding to test nature-based prescriptions designed to improve mental health and community well-being

  • Policy
  • 19 December 2020
NHS becomes world's first health system to commit to net zero
NHS becomes world's first health system to commit to net zero

Plan includes a string of new targets and commits NHS to reducing emissions under its direct control to net zero by 2040, before bringing its supply chain footprint in line by 2045

  • Supply chain
  • 01 October 2020
NHS estate hails renewables, LEDs, and energy efficiency progress
NHS estate hails renewables, LEDs, and energy efficiency progress

NHS Property Services, responsible for around 10 per cent of the health service's estate, claims clean tech efforts helped cut CO2 by more than 40,000 tonnes last year

  • Buildings
  • 24 August 2020
Greening the NHS: How sustainability initiatives could save the health service £250m a year
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

  • Management
  • 10 July 2020
The road to sustainable health
The road to sustainable health

NHS Property Services' Cameron Hawkins sets out the range of efforts needed to deliver net zero across England's healthcare system

  • Management
  • 26 June 2020
Report: Fuel duty freeze has cost Treasury £50bn and led to five million tonnes of CO2 emissions
Report: Fuel duty freeze has cost Treasury £50bn and led to five million tonnes of CO2 emissions

Research by Greener Journey's argues an additional five million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions having been generated since the fuel duty freeze first took place in 2011

  • Politics
  • 10 March 2020
Over 10 per cent of NHS properties to switch to green electricity
Over 10 per cent of NHS properties to switch to green electricity

The NHS is responsible for around five per cent of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, making decarbonising healthcare key if the UK is to meet its 2050 net zero target

  • Energy
  • 14 February 2020
NHS England aims to chart course towards net zero emissions
NHS England aims to chart course towards net zero emissions

Three major new initiatives launched in support of NHS's decarbonisation vision

  • Management
  • 27 January 2020
Labour unveils plans for NHS Green New Deal
Labour unveils plans for NHS Green New Deal

Lower emissions from the health service will not only benefit the climate but also offer greater therapeutic value to patients and help to aid recovery, Labour says

  • Policy
  • 22 September 2019
Green energy measures could save public sector £375m a year, Centrica estimates
Green energy measures could save public sector £375m a year, Centrica estimates

Study by energy giant suggests cost and energy savings across public sector that would result from installing solar panels, LED lighting, and low carbon heating measures would run to £5.6bn over 15 years

  • Energy
  • 17 September 2019
Study: 10.5 million patients visiting UK hospitals in areas with dirty air
Study: 10.5 million patients visiting UK hospitals in areas with dirty air

Study by UK100 and British Lung Foundation prompts calls for action to reduce transport and industrial emissions in cities

  • Policy
  • 19 August 2019
 Matt Hancock launches study into 'deadly poison' of air pollution
Matt Hancock launches study into 'deadly poison' of air pollution

Review will assess impact of dirty air on health and will support NHS efforts to go green

  • Policy
  • 13 May 2019
Study: Millions of NHS patients registered at GP surgeries facing 'toxic air'
Study: Millions of NHS patients registered at GP surgeries facing 'toxic air'

New analysis by UK100 green cities network shows 17.9 million NHS patients in England are registered at GP practices that exceed WHO guidelines

  • Policy
  • 11 February 2019
NHS to assess benefits of smart meters for dementia and mental health patients
NHS to assess benefits of smart meters for dementia and mental health patients

Government highlights research on how energy use data gleaned from smart meters can be used to better monitor at-home dementia and mental health patients

  • Infrastructure
  • 09 January 2019
NHS pledges to cut particulate pollution from fleet under new 10-year plan
NHS pledges to cut particulate pollution from fleet under new 10-year plan

National Health Service promises to cut air pollution from ambulances and other vehicles 20 per cent by 2024 as part of drive for better air quality

  • Policy
  • 08 January 2019
Doctor's orders: Could more time with nature deliver a workplace boost?
Doctor's orders: Could more time with nature deliver a workplace boost?

An Environment Agency project found nature-based activities boosted mental well-being and nature awareness - could businesses benefit too?

  • Workplace
  • 07 November 2018
Centrica: New energy tech could deliver half of UK industry's carbon targets
Centrica: New energy tech could deliver half of UK industry's carbon targets

Battery storage, onsite renewables and energy efficiency measures could help slash CO2 across healthcare, industry and hospitality, according to new analysis

  • Energy
  • 16 October 2018
Report: NHS could save £130m a year by upgrading outdated energy systems
Report: NHS could save £130m a year by upgrading outdated energy systems

New study from Centrica suggests energy efficiency measures could save NHS enough to pay for 4,000 extra nurses

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 02 July 2018
Green initiatives saved NHS England over £5m, report finds
Green initiatives saved NHS England over £5m, report finds

Green vehicles, energy efficiency and smart waste management help health service slash carbon and save cash

  • Energy
  • 16 September 2016
NHS carbon cutting 'could save over £400m and benefit health'
NHS carbon cutting 'could save over £400m and benefit health'

NHS Sustainable Development Unit identifies 35 areas for both carbon and cost savings across the health service

  • Management
  • 15 June 2016
Salford Royal NHS Foundation receives £7m cash injection for energy efficiency upgrade
Salford Royal NHS Foundation receives £7m cash injection for energy efficiency upgrade

Cash, partly provided by the Green Investment Bank, will be used to upgrade the Trust's combined heat and power plant and switch lighting to LEDs

  • Infrastructure
  • 02 February 2016
NHS Tayside to get energy efficiency upgrade with help of Green Investment Bank
NHS Tayside to get energy efficiency upgrade with help of Green Investment Bank

Energy efficiency project at Scottish hospital secures £15.4m funding through Aviva Investors, including £7.7m from Green Investment Bank

  • Infrastructure
  • 10 December 2015
Five ways government can improve Britain's natural capital
Five ways government can improve Britain's natural capital

New Aldersgate Group report argues natural capital presents excellent investment opportunities for UK businesses

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 17 November 2015

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