Hospitals urged to save money while improving environmental impact
- Abstract
Measures to help the NHS both save money and reduce its environmental impact have been proposed in a new report from the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU). The report sets out 35 interventions which, if they are all implemented, could save £414m and 1.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year by 2020. This would also help tackle issues such as air pollution and fuel poverty, which contribute to health problems.The interventions include using teleconferencing between doctors and patients and supplying mental health care to people in hospital for physical problems to reduce the distance travelled, implementing biomass boilers, making use of lighting and heating more efficient, and reducing material waste such as theatre kit packaging and anaesthetic gases.
- Resource Type
- Magazine/newspaper article
- Author
- National Health Executive
- Resource URL
- http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/News/hospitals-urged-to-save-money-while-improving-environmental-impact
- Date
- June 15, 2016
- Organization Type
- News
- Region
- International
- Other
- International policy Policy International