Greater Manchester has long been an example to the rest of the world when it comes to innovation. This week was no different as we welcomed health leaders from Singapore to our hospital sites.
Representatives from the public healthcare sector of Singapore were at The Christie’s Paterson Building and Trafford General Hospital on Tuesday 15 April. They learned more about environmentally sustainable healthcare in the NHS, celebrated biodiversity and visited green spaces in our hospitals.
They were accompanied by Professor Nick Watts, the ex-chief sustainability officer for the NHS and now director of the centre for sustainable medicine in Singapore.
Delegates heard about The Christie’s Energy, Heat and Decarbonisation Plan and Carbon Energy Fund Project as well as Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust’s energy infrastructure and sustainable procurement, including their walking aid reuse programme. They were also treated to a tour which included the Christie’s green wall, doctors’ reflection garden and green heart garden.
NHS Greater Manchester, and its wider partners in the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership, plans to eliminate carbon emissions from the city region’s health and care system and visitors learned more about how we intend to do this by showcasing sustainability measures in practice, including estates, construction and procurement.
Organisations which send representatives included MOH Holdings Pte Ltd, National Healthcare Group and National University Health System.
