Our Emergency Department has officially launched the GreenED accreditation programme, marking a key milestone in the team’s commitment to improving sustainability.
GreenED is an initiative from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine that aims to reduce the environmental impact of emergency departments across the UK whilst maintaining or improving the standard of patient care.
In 2022, an eight-month pilot running across eight emergency departments saved over £40,000 and 15 tonnes of CO2e.
Over the next 12 months, our ED team will be working to apply the GreenED framework by implementing greener practices and, if successful, the department will be awarded Bronze accreditation, recognising its commitment to sustainability.
Dr James Chan, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at ANHSFT and lead on the project got involved as he wanted to help reduce the Trust’s environmental impact:
“It’s important that we do our bit to address the environmental crises that are impacting the health of the planet and our future generations.
“Modern healthcare uses a tremendous amount of resources in terms of materials and energy but, by taking a structured approach to improving the environmental sustainability of our day-to-day operations, we can reduce the impact of delivering emergency medicine.
“This will help us work towards the NHS’s Net Zero targets, lower costs and carbon emissions and ultimately enhance the experience of our patients.”
To find out more about the programme, please visit https://greened.rcem.ac.uk/ and the GreenED Airedale blog at greenedairedale.wordpress.com
