Sustainability

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Our aim is to be the most sustainable NHS trust

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Our aim is to be the most sustainable NHS trust

We want to make lasting and measurable changes to those who live in east London and beyond, addressing some of the key health and social inequalities within our communities.

Our sustainability strategy supports this vision, aiming to address and improve the environmental, social and financial impact of our trust, its communities and the wider NHS, by delivering projects that make our hospitals and communties more sustainable. 

Find out how we are creating a sustainable organisation

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Our hospitals

We are committed to reducing our environmental impact and are working to make our buildings stronger and better for the future by investing in infrastructure, encouraging sustainable work habits, promoting walking and biking, all through teamwork to support a greener future.

Sustainability - our communities

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Our communities

We are committed to make health and life better for everyone. We will help our communities by working on four main areas: reducing fuel poverty, improving air quality, sustainable growing, and food and nutrition education.

Through our partnerships, we will strive create good jobs, training opportunities, and chances for people to volunteer with us.

 

Sustainability - our communities

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The wider NHS

We will keep leading the NHS by sharing our best ideas and new ways of doing things. On NHS Sustainability Days, we bring together different groups to work as a team and share insight.

We will keep pushing our sustainability agenda in our London boroughs, making sure the city stays a leader in green practices. We will also look for ways to gain financial revenue opportunities by creating useful products that help both Barts Health and the NHS.

Sustainability at Barts Health

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Be greener this Christmas

Top tips to make more sustainable decisions this Christmas.…

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Prioritising sustainability across our workstreams

Sustainability clinical fellow for dentistry, Zahra Shehabi, talks about her passion for all things green.…

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Meet our clinical sustainability fellows

Our sustainability clinical fellows are helping our hospitals be greener.…

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‘Riding my bike improved my physical and mental health after covid’

Active travel improved Sharon's physical and mental wellbeing after the pandemic.…

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Digital heart tests help service go greener 

A small change to clinical practice has improved the flow of heart patients throughout our hospitals, saving money and improving sustainability.  …

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New return and reuse walking aid scheme will help create greener future

Did you know that just by reusing walking aids, such as walking sticks, frames, rollators and crutches, we can save 20% of carbon emissions, with the aim of growing to 40% in the future?…

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We respond to Liveable Streets schemes consultation

We, alongside our NHS partners in Tower Hamlets, wrote to Mayor Rahman in response to the Liveable Streets schemes consultation. Our letter was written on behalf of the communities of T…

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Going green for June

Join the conversation Sustainability Webinar 8 June Watch our webinar from NHS Sustainability Day, where we talked about energy - the price of it, the problems it causes, and…

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A greener trust: what we’ve done and what we’ll do

We’ve made big strides to be a greener and more sustainable trust and have plans on the horizon to go even further.…

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Live car free for June

Challenge yourself to live car free for the first two weeks of June.…

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