The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has launched its ambitious response to the challenge of climate change with a new 3-year sustainable development plan.
The Green Plan, which can be found at https://www.iow.nhs.uk/Downloads/Sustainability/Green-Plan.pdf, sets out a clear framework for what the Trust is doing to reduce its impact on climate change and pollution, minimise its reliance on unsustainable services and medicines, as well as its future plans to embrace green learning and innovation.
Sustainability Lead for the Trust, Kayleigh Richter, said:
“Climate change poses a major threat to our health as well as to our planet. As an NHS trust based on the Isle of Wight with its distinct local identity and a wide variety of natural, rural and urban landscapes, we are well placed to work with our partners across the Island to lead the way in improving our environment.
“We are aware of the important role we need to play in helping to reduce emissions and improve sustainability impact overall. Our focus is on embracing digital transformation including exciting projects like the introduction of drones, reviewing our transport services to support the use of greener technology and increasing our energy, water and waste efficiency.
“The next steps are to turn our strategy into a clear action plan and recruit and train a team of green champions to support us to implement new projects, encourage new ideas, and reinforce positive sustainable behaviours. As a Trust we’ve got a lot to do, but we are committed to reducing our impact and meeting our net zero target by 2045.”
Interim chief executive, Nikki Turner, added:
“At the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, we understand that climate change and human health are inextricably linked and that we have a duty to reduce our impact wherever possible, and to ensure that we can continue to provide quality care for future generations.
Article continues below this advertisement “The Isle of Wight is a dedicated UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and we understand the importance of this designation and are prepared to contribute and uphold the values that are aligned with this prestigious honour to ensure that the Isle of Wight continues to lead the way in sustainable development and innovation.”
instead of trying too make yourselves look good…try focusing on patient waiting lists and having better available treatments?
OR, Why not just focus on making people better.
It is not your job to worry about such things, as you have enough to do already.
Can we just suspend this whole Green BS for a while?? It is our money paying for this nonsense to people who really, if they have the time to do this stuff, could be doing actual real work to get that disgrace of a hospital up to par again. Get your core functions working before the flim-flam virtue signalling nonsense.
The 10 warmest years since 1884 have all been in the last 20 years, 2022 is on course to be the warmest yet and temperatures exceeded 40c for the first time since records began.
So not BS.
It is understandable that someone your age is more concerned with your personal healthcare, but I assume you have grandchildren? What about them?
‘Sustainability Lead’?? While you have these non-job jobs costing tens of £1000s the NHS will remain unfit for purpose. What a ridiculous title for a ridiculous job. Just how much a year is this nonsense post???
what is the point when militaries are the biggest polluters & that will never change , focus the medical needs of our island population
Rubbish.
The biggest polluter is transport, responsible for 24% then 21% from energy supply, 18% comes from businesses, 16% from domestic residences and 11% from agriculture.
In comparison the most pessimistic (highest) value for the emissions of UK armed forces is 11 million tonnes, which is 2.7% of the UK’s annual emissions. The official value is 3 million tonnes, which 0.7%.
But, hey, who needs armed forces anyway. I mean it’s not like there’s a crazed autocrat threatening WW3 or anything.
Oh wait a minute…
here we go again, another layer of pointless management bureaucrats siphoning desperately needed funds away from the front line medical and nursing staff.
Why not swap the ambulances for the old electric milk floats.
What the Island NHS needs to do is come up with a treating-and-curing-illness plan, and treating and curing in timely fashion. This green cr*p should be dropped forthwith.
Why not concentrate on bringing in more specialist consultants, instead of relying on patients to travel to the mainland? That would surely be more sustainable – having the ability and resources to treat and cure the Islands patients ON the Island.
I’m still on a waiting list – 3 years so far – to see a specialist on the mainland for treatment.