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Running costs can be considerably reduced by investing in energy efficiency, for example through good insulation and movement sensor light control, and by saving water, for example by installing low-flush toilets. Waste reduction through minimised packaging, recycling and reuse of products will mean less waste goes to landfill, curtailing the increasing costs of landfill tax.
Environmental and human health will benefit from using fewer chemicals and choosing less toxic products. Organisations of every size can make a contribution to reducing carbon emissions by efficiency measures and by helping staff, patients and visitors to change behaviour by turning lights off, saving water, adjusting radiators, recycling and re-using and so on. All organisations have a role to play in maintaining green spaces and respecting wildlife.
This section includes energy and carbon, biodiversity, water, waste, policies and performance management and chemical use.
Self-assessment software to estimate the environmental impacts of the current existing NHS estate and new build/refurbishment schemes.
environmental strategy for the NHS
(2005), NHS Estates.
Comprehensive website with support to help specify waste management services, with links to further information on waste management.
An extensive source of guidance materials and case studies to support sustainable and efficient estates management in the healthcare environment.
This Carbon Trust Programme aims to help trusts ensure maximum energy saving. Their NHS Network is free for NHS managers working on energy issues.
It is a compulsory requirement that NHS Trusts submit an Estates Return, to enable the analysis of Estates and Facilities information from NHS Trusts and PCTs in England.
These teams typically consist of NHS Managers and annually review and report
on patient environment standards (e.g. cleanliness, quality of hospital food)
at acute hospitals.
resource efficiency & corporate responsibility is a guide for managing change in an organisation.
A guide from SITA UK
A series of international standards on environmental management. They
provide a framework for the development of an environmental management system
and the supporting audit programme.
A voluntary initiative designed to improve companies’ environmental performance that requires participating organisations to regularly produce a public environmental statement that reports on their environmental performance.
Appraisal toolkit to help integrate and assess the contribution of projects towards sustainable development in the North West region.
Toolkit to help your organisation manage its business in a sustainable
way.
Offer a total waste management service and modern recycling facilities to
maximise your waste savings. Find out how much you could save,
using their online waste calculator.
on the Government Estate: Section H: Biodiversity
Health Technical Memorandum 07-02: EnCO2de – making energy work
in healthcare. Comprehensive guide to all issues relating
to the procurement and management of energy in the NHS.
is a not for profit business tackling the capitals waste problem. They can assist London region Trust’s to develop waste management programmes and identify ways to recycle.
Working hard to reduce their carbon footprint, St Georges have encouraged staff to ‘Think Green’ with an initiative aimed to raise staff awareness and change behaviour around a wide range of issues.
This campaign challenged staff to come up with ways of saving energy or time, results showing that combining individually small and simple energy-saving measures can have a significant impact on reducing energy consumption.
Midwife pioneers reusable nappies in NHS maternity units to reduce clinical waste and raise public awareness of the product. Isle of Man government interest-free loans ensure that even the poorest families can afford this more sustainable option.
Antrim Area Hospital is an acute trust of 350 beds in Northern Ireland. It has installed the largest wind turbine at any UK hospital and is on track to save £90,000 a year in energy costs.
The largest NHS Trust in Wales is working to reduce its negative environmental impacts through an integrated, and award winning, environmental management system.
North Glamorgan NHS Trust's integrated sustainability strategy used three streams - waste management, energy conservation and local community awareness and partnerships - to reduce CO2 emissions and make energy savings.
Email Peter WhiteThe NHS aims to reduce energy consumption by 15% by 2010
The NHS produces over 1% of all domestic waste produced in the UK
NHS PASA has recycle and reuse contracts with suppliers of prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs and hearing aids and recycling contracts for waste engine oil, cooking oil, lead, acid batteries and tyres
Bedfordshire Consortium
An example of health professionals working collaboratively to improve standards and
reduce costs, whilst acknowledging environmental issues, and training staff to
be active in good waste management within the NHS.
For more information: Bedford Hospital NHS Trust Operational
Support Services, 01234 795 801
This project aims to reduce, reuse and recycle waste from Cornwall's NHS organisations. Initiatives include an intranet website service for staff, a toolkit for wards/sites to use and efforts to increase the purchase of products made from recycled materials. For more information contact: Email Sharon Butler
