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Sustainability
The Regional Picture
Helen Ross
East Midlands NHS Sustainable Development lead
Senior Public Health Development Manager
East Midlands NHS Sustainable
Development Network
New Hippocratic oath:
Do no harm, now or in
the future
Source: Nottingham Energy
Partnership
• Aims to equip NHS
organisations to reduce
their carbon footprint
whilst improving the
quality, productivity and
effectiveness of their
services.
• Over 100 representatives
from the NHS in the East
Midlands represented on
the network
.
• Regular events and meetings
• Regular Bulletin
• Action Learning approach [email protected].
• New website page; http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/partners/sustainability
Definition
A carbon footprint
A measure of the impact our activities have on the environment, and
in particular climate change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse
gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for
electricity, heating and transportation etc.
The carbon footprint is a measurement of all greenhouse gases we
individually produce and has units of tonnes (or kg) of carbon dioxide
equivalent.
Source: http://www.carbonfootprint.com/carbonfootprint.html
http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/government/publications/ukstrategy/documents/Chap1.pdf
08-09 Trusts ERIC footprints
5
Source: Nottingham Energy Partnership
Procurement Footprints
Source: Nottingham Energy Partnership
6
East Midlands NHS Carbon
Reduction Project
• An innovative project that aims to identify and reduce
the carbon equivalent footprint of the NHS in the East
Midlands in line with national targets.
• In Phase 1 it commissioned Nottingham Energy
Partnership to provide baseline information and support
to NHS organisations in identifying their footprints . The
total footprint for the East Midlands was around 1
million tons (2009-10)
• A detailed Phase 1 report is available on the NHS East
Midlands Improvement Network website; http://www.tin.nhs.uk/innovation-nhs-east-midlands/innovationin-practice/regional-innovation-fund-projects-2009-10/identifyingand-reducing-the-regional-carbon-footprint-of-the-nhs-in-the-eastmidlands
The Phase 2 pilots
1.Energy in NHS estates -£21,750
2.Sustainable Procurement Training -£3,564
3.Sustainable Healthy Care Homes -£4,320
4.Travel -£1,000
5.Food -£1,000
6.NHS Forest a) £4,920 & b) £3,080
Pilot 1: Energy in NHS estates
• Aim
• Support East Midlands
NHS Estates with
integration of
sustainable energy
technologies into a range
of new and old, owned
and leased, buildings,
used by a cross section
of NHS organisations in
the East Midlands.
• To be accompanied with
engagement of staff.
Pilot 2: Sustainable Procurement
Training
• Aim
• To provide practical handson training days jointly for
procurement and finance
staff across the region on
sustainable low carbon
procurement.
http://www.legalsectoralliance.com/node/160
Pilot 3: Sustainable Healthy Care
Homes
• Aim
• To contribute a
sustainable
development
dimension to a Care
Homes pilot project
that improves
resident’s health and
/or well-being and
the sustainability of
up to 4 care homes.
Pilot 4: Travel -Electric
• Aim:
• To support the
development of
an Electric
Vehicle pilot,
within one or
more
organisations
with existing
travel plans to
ensure lesson
sharing
Pilot 5: Sustainable Food
• Aim:
• To develop a
Sustainable Food
standard for
adoption by the East
Midlands NHS
Sustainable
Development
network.
Pilot 6: NHS Forest
• Aim
• To develop NHS
Forest projects at 3
NHS Trusts in the
East Midlands
East Midlands NHS Carbon
Reduction Project –contacts
• For contact details for each of the pilots, see
the Expo 2011 poster on the project page on
the Innovation NHS East Midlands Website; • http://www.tin.nhs.uk/innovation-nhs-eastmidlands/innovation-in-practice/regional-innovationfund-projects-2009-10/identifying-and-reducing-theregional-carbon-footprint-of-the-nhs-in-the-eastmidlands
Congratulations!
• The Trust has a comprehensive Sustainable Development
Strategy and Carbon Reduction Plan in place, to help it
achieve a 34% reduction in its carbon production by
2015; five years ahead of the agreed national target.
• The top mental health, learning disability and community
service provider in the recently published Environment
Agency report on carbon reduction schemes.
• Ranked number 196 - puts this Trust in the top 10% of
participants in terms of your early action to manage your
energy. (21.11.11)
• Awarded Gold Standard for carbon reduction measures
by the Carbon Saver Scheme. (11.8.11)
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Source: Nottinghamshire Healthcare website accessed 13.1.12
Thankyou and Contact details
• Helen Ross, East Midlands NHS Sustainable
Development Network
• Nottingham City Council Public Health, Loxley
House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG.
• Telephone 0115 876 5759
• Email: [email protected]
• Website page:
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/partners/susta
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