Welcome to the NHS Sustainable Development Unit web site
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SDU on Health Exec TVWhy should the NHS reduce its carbon footprint and act more sustainably? David Pencheon, Director of the Sustainable Development Unit explains what Trusts and NHS organisations need to do to drive change locally. David describes how the NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy can be delivered across the country and how acting on it can help save money, energy and carbon. | |
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SDU in Public Service Review Health"For the NHS, carbon reduction is a "win-win" situation. Recognition of the fact that climate change is the predominant health issue of the 21st Century should go hand-in-hand with its core business operation: to prevent poor health and to save lives". Click here to read more of the article in the Public Service Review: Health (Autumn 2009). | |
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David Pencheon – Hear the webcast on the health challenges of climate change“The credit crunch is about borrowing from our children; the climate crunch is about stealing from them.” So says SDU Director David Pencheon. In his first global webcast David discusses the health challenges of climate change. For more information click here. To listen to the Webcast then follow this link.
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SDU in the newsSDU Director, David Pencheon co-writes a letter to the Guardian urging the Government to cut carbon emissions to improve health. | |
CRC finalisedDo you qualify for the CRC? Is your electricity bill around £500,000 or more? Is your annual half hourly metered (HHM) electricity use at least 6,000 Megawatt hours? The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced the latest details on the CRC - now called the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme. Also the NHS Confederation has published its CRC Briefing in conjunction with the SDU, DECC and DH. | ||
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NHS Foundation TrustsBuilding the case for sustainability. Why Foundation Trusts are taking it so seriously. | |
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Is the NHS Fit for the Future?The NHS needs to transform the way it delivers healthcare. The Sustainable Development Unit's latest publication looks at how the NHS must take action now to plan for its long term future in the face of climate change. For coverage of the launch event see the following link. | |
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SDU Viewpoint - Hospital Car parking chargesHealth Secretary Andy Burnham has announced that car parking charges will be scrapped for people visiting family and friends in hospital. He made the announcement at the Labour Party Conference 09 saying it will happen within three years. Find out the NHS SDU view on this news. | |
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Cutting NHS emissions by 10% in 2010. See which NHS organisations are taking part.The 10:10 campaign is an alliance between The Guardian and The Age of Stupid. Hospitals, surgeries and health authorities have joined the campaign. | |
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Are we in The Age of Stupid? Convert your work place into a cinemaFrom the 7th July 2009 all NHS staff will be able to order the environmental film, The Age of Stupid for free | |
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Sustainable Development Unit - implementing Saving Carbon, Improving Health
Following the launch of the national strategy Saving Carbon, Improving Health on 27th January 2009 the challenging business plan of the SDU sets high ambitions for 2009/10. | |
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Case Study Good Practice examplesExamples of good practice from NHS organisations are now avaliable here. | |
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ResourcesMany more resources are available in our downloadable resources, with guidance on energy, travel and procurement from the Department of Health and NHS PASA among others. | |
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Briefing papersOne of the key questions following the launch of Saving Carbon, Improving Health is how do we measure the carbon footprint at national, regional and organisation level. In partnership with the NHS regional networks, SDC and DH we have developed briefings on carbon footprinting in the NHS and monitoring the 10% target. | |
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Carbon Reduction Metrics for Healthcare Regulation
The Healthcare Commission has recently published a report it commissioned from the NHS Sustainable Development Unit, which looks at the data currently available to support NHS trusts being assessed for carbon reduction monitoring by the regulator. The Healthcare Commission will be sharing the report's findings and recommendations with the Care Quality Commission, which becomes responsible for regulating the NHS on 1 April 2009. A copy of the report is available here. | |
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Useful documents | ||
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CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme - NHS Confed Briefing October 09This briefing looks at the Carbon Reduction Commitment and how it will be implemented in the NHS |
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Climate Change and the NHSThis briefing sets out the key points of new climate change legislation and other initiatives that are helping the NHS to do its bit on climate change. | |
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The LancetClimate change and health:devastating health consequences are anticipated with changing patterns of infections, reduced water and food security, increases in extreme climate events, and large-scale population migration. A collaboration between The Lancet and University College London, UK, resulting in the first UCL Lancet Commission report, setting out how climate change over the coming decades could have a disastrous effect on health across the globe. The report examines practical measures that can be taken now and in the short and medium term to control its effects. | |
