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NHS rolls out new electric vehicles to help patients and the planet
New NHS electric vehicles are hitting the road this summer, helping to relieve pressure on ambulance services across the country while also helping the NHS cut its carbon footprint. Eight ambulance trusts are trialling 21 zero-emission vehicles of various types, with six of the new green vehicles dedicated to mental health response in the community […]
Why nurses are vital to the NHS’ net zero goal: International Nurses Day – 12 May 2022
I was born 10 weeks premature and owe my life to the amazing midwives, nurses, doctors, and other NHS staff working in neonatal intensive care many years ago. I’ve always wanted to be able to give back and it is an absolute privilege to be a nurse. I’ve worked in acute settings, most recently in […]
Blog: World Health Day: can our stories change the world?
The story of the NHS could rival some of the best novels ever written. It is full of firsts: the world’s first universal healthcare system; the first to initiate a clinically approved COVID-19 vaccination programme; the first to deliver a combined lung and heart transplant. It has faced its share of adversity; not least, the […]
Blog: Innovation and collaboration super-charge delivery of a net zero NHS
A circular economy for surgical textiles. Reducing travel emissions through smarter, faster, greener care. Technology that reduces emissions from pain relief 300 times more environmentally harmful than carbon dioxide. These are just some of the award-winning innovations that the NHS will invest in through a new £1 million Net Zero SBRI Healthcare competition. Launched last […]
SBRI Healthcare awards £1 million to pioneering innovations to support the delivery of a net zero NHS
SBRI Healthcare has awarded a total of £1 million to ten pioneering MedTech and Digital innovations to support the delivery of a Net Zero NHS. The new projects are funded through a nationwide call by SBRI Healthcare, in partnership with the Greener NHS Programme, and which attracted 46 applications from a range of organisations, including […]
Blog: Healthier future inspires major NHS suppliers to step-up net zero ambitions
As negotiators gather for the United Nations global climate change summit, COP26, an international group of leaders from some of the NHS’s largest suppliers have come together to pledge their support for a greener NHS, in recognition of the unequivocal threat to health presented by climate change. Left unabated, climate change will disrupt care, with […]
Blog: Zero emission ambulances show the NHS is in the driving seat in the race to net zero
The NHS has today unveiled at COP26 – the United Nations global summit held in Glasgow – the world’s first zero emission ambulance capable of travelling up to 300 miles before re-charging. This marks a major milestone in the ongoing drive to build a greener NHS and save lives by tackling climate change at source. […]
Blog: One year on from a world-first ambition – let’s stay impatient on the NHS reaching net zero
The climate crisis is a health crisis. So agreed the NHS Assembly at our pre COP26 meeting where Dr Nick Watts, who has been appointed to lead the NHS’s charge on net zero, laid out how the health problems caused by climate change are very real and very immediate. And the facts around the NHS’s […]
Blog: Baby steps are adding up to deliver the world’s first net zero health service by 2045
On Thursday 9 September, Rosie was born in Newcastle. There was nothing unexpected about her birth. But that day, Rosie and her mum made history. Rosie’s mum, Kaja, was the first in the UK to use a “climate friendly” gas and air machine. This new machine removes and captures nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, from […]
NHS becomes the world’s first national health system to commit to become ‘carbon net zero’, backed by clear deliverables and milestones
World Health Organisation Director General backs NHS’s leadership as the world’s largest single health system. The NHS has today adopted a multiyear plan to become the world’s first carbon net zero national health system. The commitment comes amid growing evidence of the health impacts of climate change and air pollution, and aims to save thousands […]