Unison has teamed up with Great Ormond Street Hospital in a pilot project to green up the NHS. This is a very good thing. As one of the largest public sector employers, the NHS has a huge carbon footprint.
The NHS Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) was set up in April last year to promote sustainability and mitigate climate change and I’m eagerly waiting to see the plans implemented at the hospital where I work in the North West. It’s a huge hospital. Built recently, it possesses state of the art technology and equipment with many specialised departments to serve the needs of the county. But in spite of it being a [...]