NHS

Government-funded project aims to deliver prototype zero emission vehicle to London Ambulance Service NHS Trust later this year

Seven projects across England secure funding to test nature-based prescriptions designed to improve mental health and community well-being

Plan includes a string of new targets and commits NHS to reducing emissions under its direct control to net zero by 2040, before bringing its supply chain footprint in line by 2045

NHS Property Services, responsible for around 10 per cent of the health service's estate, claims clean tech efforts helped cut CO2 by more than 40,000 tonnes last year

NHS Sustainability Day campaign launches annual impact report as work continues by expert panel commissioned by NHS England to investigate into how and when the health service can meet net zero

NHS Property Services' Cameron Hawkins sets out the range of efforts needed to deliver net zero across England's healthcare system

Research by Greener Journey's argues an additional five million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions having been generated since the fuel duty freeze first took place in 2011

The NHS is responsible for around five per cent of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, making decarbonising healthcare key if the UK is to meet its 2050 net zero target

Three major new initiatives launched in support of NHS's decarbonisation vision

Lower emissions from the health service will not only benefit the climate but also offer greater therapeutic value to patients and help to aid recovery, Labour says