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A Sustainable NHS

The NHS is the largest single organisation in the UK. Its impact on the environment through the consumption of energy, production of waste, employment, purchasing of goods and services, and commissioning of buildings is enormous. 

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How Green is the NHS? By Anna Coote
Sustainable Development Commission
Health Care Without Harm Health Care Without Harm is an international coalition of hospitals and health care systems, medical professionals, community groups, health-affected constituencies, labor unions, environmental and environmental health organizations and religious groups.
Helping the NHS to be a Good Corporate Citizen NHS Good Corporate Citizenship Assessment Model
This interactive web-based assessment model helps the NHS improve its contribution to sustainable development.

DOH - Sustainable development The Government wants sustainable development to be a core element of all its business. A Cabinet sub-committee of ministers from every Government department has been set up to consider the impact of government policies on sustainable development and to improve the performance of departments in contributing to sustainable development.
How the NHS must think sustainably The NHS could become a major force for better health in Britain not through providing clinical care but by exploiting its leverage capital to work for sustainable development. Dominic Harrison explains.
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment - University Hospital Lewisham (UHL) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) is a research project at University Hospital Lewisham looking at the nature and feasibility of environmental and social audit in the NHS.
Government makes first response to Healthy Hospitals campaign - Feb. 2004 CABE (the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) welcomes the Governments announcement today of a new performance target for the NHS to strive for better designed healthcare environments.
The new standard, now out for consultation, calls for health care to be provided in well-designed environments that promote patient and staff well-being, and reflect respect for patients needs and preferences, and staff concerns.