All Sustainability articles – Page 5
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NewsNHSE to publish the carbon footprint of every trust and ICS
NHS England will publish each integrated care system’s carbon footprint before October, under plans to track progress against the health service’s sustainability programme.
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS ensure a permanent shift in the way it uses data post-covid?
The pandemic has driven a changed understanding of the value of consolidating healthcare information but there are obstacles to overcome if the NHS is to ensure a permament shift in the way the NHS uses data, a recent HSJ webinar heard
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NewsTrusts and ICSs will have until April to develop carbon neutral plans
NHS trusts and integrated care systems will have until April next year to develop plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions, HSJ has learned.
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NewsVirtual forum to hear NHS needs to drop ‘single use mindset’ post-covid
An HSJ virtual forum tomorrow will discuss how the NHS should drop the ‘single use’ mindset which has accelerated during covid, to protect the environment.
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NewsGovernment launches £5bn PPE procurement drive to prepare for winter covid surge
A new £5bn procurement framework is being developed for personal protective equipment, aimed at meeting current demand and any potential winter surge in covid-19 cases.
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NewsWorkforce chief moves on after five years
A senior civil servant responsible for NHS workforce planning, the new NHS bill and other key areas of healthcare policy is to move to a new government department.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2020: Environmental Sustainability Award
WINNER: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust – Providing Healthcare That Won’t Cost the Earth
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HSJ PartnersNot ‘just another winter’: how leaders will build back better
Danny Silk, consulting manager at Carnall Farrar, explains how health and care leaders are shifting their approach to balance winter pressures, covid-19 waves and elective activity.
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NewsNHS to become ‘world’s first carbon net zero national health system’
The NHS has been set a target of becoming carbon net zero by 2040 and cutting harmful emission reductions by 80 per cent over the next 12 years.
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CommentNHS procurement strategy should aim to boost local economies, not save money
Tom Llyod Goodwin emphasises on the role of the NHS in post-covid-19 local economic recovery and support to greater social and environmental value within NHS supply chains
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Comment‘Let’s not get back to normal’
Phil Hope argues that healthcare devolution may carry the answers to four burning questions about how to battle the covid-19 crisis.
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Comment‘What have Nobel Prize winners ever done for us?’
The idea of collective management of finite resources and adopting a culture of stewardship can lead to sustainable governance. Explain Dr Tim Wilson, Nick Relph and Dr Joe McManners.
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NewsNAO head: NHS lending was ‘seriously bad’ financial management
Parliament’s head auditor has criticised the financial management of the NHS, saying lending to struggling trusts was “debilitating” while consequences of cash incentives meant to improve performance were “essentially unacceptable”.
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NewsSimon Stevens headlines first HSJ Sustainability Forum
NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens will deliver the keynote address at HSJ’s inaugural Sustainability Forum this June.
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CommentWhy volunteers are crucial to the success of the long-term plan
A sustainably resourced volunteer service is the first step in achieving the long-term plan – something, the trusts and health boards across the country must take on to help the NHS. By Sam Ward.
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HSJ LocalTop hospital chief executive leaving to head challenged STP
A widely respected hospital chief executive has been appointed chief officer for a large sustainability and transformation partnership in the north west, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS England’s goal on new buildings ‘is mountainous task’
Green building experts have questioned the feasibility of NHS England’s “ambitious” target for all NHS new builds and refurbishments to be delivered to net zero carbon standards.
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Exclusive: Trusts set to be let off £10bn debt
NHS providers that owe the government a combined £10bn would see the debts converted into a form of investment that does not have to be repaid, under plans being discussed by national leaders.
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NewsNHS England hires panel to set ‘net zero carbon’ date
An expert panel will this year set “a practical, evidence-based and ambitious date for the NHS to reach net zero” carbon dioxide emissions, NHS England has announced.
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NewsTrust blames behaviour ‘from top of the NHS’ for bullying
Leadership behaviour from the “very top of the NHS” has led to an increase in bullying, according to an official strategy document produced by an acute trust.