Sustainability
Sustainability is defined as meeting the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Climate change, as a result of man-made emissions, is real and
continues to have a significant impact on most parts of our
country.
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 4,500
staff and serves a local population of some 339,000. We recognise
the environmental impacts of providing healthcare services to our
patients 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year, which
include heating and lighting buildings, operating medical
equipment, staff journeys, deliveries and waste services.
The costs of providing our patients with healthcare services in
2011/12 amounted to c£57million and created an environmental impact
or carbon footprint of 39,300 tonnes of CO2.
The Trust is committed to reducing carbon emissions from our
activities by 10% over 5 years in line with the UK Climate Change
Act 2008. A Sustainable Development Management Plan (SDMP) is in
place, and £1.6 million of Department of Health (DoH) capital
funding has enable us to implement a number of projects estimated
to achieve annual carbon saving of around 2.3k tonnes of CO2, and
cost savings of £604k. The Trust also implements an up to date
Green Travel Plan to reduce car use amongst its staff, patients and
visitors.
in 2014 we added 2 electric car charging points for staff, and
our salary sacrifice car scheme promotes low emmision and electric
vehicles.
Did you know? The NHS is one of the world's largest
organisations accounting for 3% of the UK's total emissions and 5%
of all UK road travel.
Events for 2015
900 Bluebells planted in February
Children from Earls Hall Juniors and Ladybird Nursery helped our
Trust gardener plant 900 Bluebells at the front of the site to
create a sea of blue each spring. (picture above)
Honda motorbike roadshow
Tuesday May 19. Education Centre car park. 10:00 - 14:00
Cycle Scheme order window
- Summer window - 1st to 28th June
- F1 new doctors window - 1st to 28th
August
- Autumn/Winter window - 1st to 28th October
More details about the cycle
scheme