title: Surveys show support for green 'activities'.
abstract: Two independently conducted surveys on sustainability - one into the 'views and values' of NHS 'leaders', and the other questioning the public about the importance of the 'green agenda' in the NHS, and their opinions on how the service might most effectively reduce its carbon footprint, form the basis of Sustainability in the NHS: Health Check 2012, a new NHS Sustainable Development Unit (NHS SDU) publication. As HEJ editor Jonathan Baillie reports, the new document also presents updated data on the 'size' of the carbon footprint of the NHS in England, showing that, although good work by a number of Trusts in the past two years has seen healthcare-generated carbon emissions start to 'level off', the biggest contributors have been the current health service spending review, and the increased national availability of renewable energy.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baillie
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003625:Data Collection; D004782:Environmental Health; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D002245:Carbon Dioxide