NHS National Services Scotland Gyle Square Courtyard Transformation

We recognise the health and therapeutic benefits of greenspace and seek to improve the quality and accessibility of greenspace on our estate and to encourage more use of greenspace by patients, staff, visitors and members of the local community.

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NHS Highland – Understanding climate risks to ensure the effective delivery of health services throughout the Highlands

Our climate is changing, and this will impact on how we deliver services. All health sector organisations have a vital role to play in adapting our buildings and the way we operate to address the challenges arising from climate change.

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NHS Ayrshire & Arran – Ayr Green Gym

NHS Scotland has a valuable and significant outdoor estate. It also has a legal duty and responsibility to enhance and protect that for the benefit of nature and biodiversity (all living things). There is increasing evidence that therapeutic contact with nature has important health and well-being benefits.

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NHS Ayrshire & Arran and the Energy Agency

The NHS, public health and social care organisations play an important role in local communities, as employers, and as core public service providers. They are an integral part of communities and can help support community groups, local agencies and local people to further build a sense of place and identity so people want to live, work and invest there. These elements create the conditions for improved health and wellbeing.

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NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde – Glasgow Medium Combustion Plant Directive

Conserving natural resources, such as fossil fuels and water, and protecting the environment from all forms of man-made pollution is the keystone
of environmental sustainability for
both planetary and population health. Environmental Management Systems (EMS) provide the framework that helps improve our energy and water efficiency and our environmental sustainability.

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NHS Grampian Energy Efficiency Project

We recognise our role in ensuring that Scotland achieves its target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. The identification and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions takes place across the whole of the NHSScotland estate, encompassing emissions arising from energy, water consumption and treatment, waste, anaesthetic gases, transport, business travel and from the goods and services we procure. We also engage staff, patients, visitors and other local agencies to contribute to the delivery of area-wide greenhouse gas reduction strategies and plans.

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NHS Tayside – Using Warp-it to enable re-use

Sustainable procurement requires us to work in partnership with suppliers and the supply chain to take into account the whole lifecycle, environmental, social and ethical impact of procured goods and services. The products and materials used in delivering health and care are procured from all over the world. An environmentally and socially responsible procurement approach provides an opportunity to enhance health and wellbeing globally as well as in the UK.

Healthcare facilities and services produce tons of waste every day. Waste therefore offers many opportunities for us to significantly shrink our environmental footprint by minimising or eliminating the generation of waste at the source, segregating ordinary waste from infectious waste and diverting recyclable waste from the solid waste stream.

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NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde – Segregating Waste in Theatres

Healthcare facilities and services produce tons of waste every day.
Waste therefore offers many opportunities for us to significantly shrink our environmental footprint by minimising or eliminating the generation of waste at the source, segregating ordinary waste from infectious waste and diverting recyclable waste from the solid waste stream.

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NSS Gyle Square Courtyard Transformation

We recognise the health and therapeutic benefits of greenspace and seek to improve the quality and accessibility of greenspace on our estate and to encourage more use of greenspace by patients, staff, visitors and members of the local community.

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NHS Highland – Understanding climate risks to ensure the effective delivery of health services throughout the Highlands

Our climate is changing, and this will impact on how we deliver services. All health sector organisations have a vital role to play in adapting our buildings and the way we operate to address the challenges arising from climate change.

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NHS Ayrshire & Arran – Ayr Green Gym

NHS Scotland has a valuable and significant outdoor estate. It also has a legal duty and responsibility to enhance and protect that for the benefit of nature and biodiversity (all living things). There is increasing evidence that therapeutic contact with nature has important health and well-being benefits.

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NHS Ayrshire & Arran and the Energy Agency

The NHS, public health and social care organisations play an important role in local communities, as employers, and as core public service providers. They are an integral part of communities and can help support community groups, local agencies and local people to further
build a sense of place and identity so people want to live, work and invest there. These elements create the conditions for improved health and wellbeing.

• Download (2.29 MB)

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde – Glasgow Medium Combustion Plant Directive

Conserving natural resources, such as fossil fuels and water, and protecting the environment from all forms of man-made pollution is the keystone of environmental sustainability for both planetary and population health. Environmental Management Systems (EMS) provide the framework that helps improve our energy and water efficiency and our environmental sustainability.

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NHS Grampian Energy Efficiency Project

We recognise our role in ensuring that Scotland achieves its target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. The identification and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions takes place across the whole of the NHSScotland estate, encompassing emissions arising from energy, water consumption and treatment, waste, anaesthetic gases, transport, business travel and from the goods and services we procure. We also engage staff, patients, visitors and other local agencies to contribute to the delivery of area-wide greenhouse gas reduction strategies and plans.

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NHS Tayside – Using Warp-it to enable re-use

Sustainable procurement requires us to work in partnership with suppliers and the supply chain to take into account the whole lifecycle, environmental, social and ethical impact of procured goods and services. The products and materials used in delivering health and care are procured from all over the world. An environmentally and socially responsible procurement approach provides an opportunity to enhance health and wellbeing globally as well as in the UK.

Healthcare facilities and services produce tons of waste every day. Waste therefore offers many opportunities for us to significantly shrink our environmental footprint by minimising or eliminating the generation of waste at the source, segregating ordinary waste from infectious waste and diverting recyclable waste from the solid waste stream.

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NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde – Segregating Waste in Theatres

Healthcare facilities and services produce tons of waste every day. Waste therefore offers many opportunities for us to significantly shrink our environmental footprint by minimising or eliminating
the generation of waste at the source, segregating ordinary waste from infectious waste and diverting recyclable waste from the solid waste stream.

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