Sustainable healthcare | North East and North Cumbria ICS

Across the region we have a number of great examples of initiatives which have put tackling climate change at the top of the agenda.

Sunderland and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust became paper free at the point of care,
North East Ambulance Service published their Green Plan,
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust joined the first wave of NHS organisations to install a special recycling machine to recycle disposable face masks and published their Sustainability Report for 2020/21
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust became completely carbon-zero in seven buildings at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust providing a detailed update on actions they have taken against their Green Plan.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust became the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency in July 2019 and featured in a new photography exhibition, “Care for the future: delivering the world’s first net zero health service,” at COP26