How to achieve 6 m pounds sterling in annual savings.

Currently, the NHS in England collectively spends over 633 million pound sterling on energy alone annually. With 245 Trusts, that is an average of 2.6 million pounds sterling per Trust. There is no one 'quick-fix' solution; the NHS needs instead to think 'outside the box' to make manageable improvements to its estate, and free up hefty sums to drive back into patient care. Individual measures will help reduce costs and overheads, but combining these into one strategic programme of improvement will deliver the really impactful savings that the NHS so desperately needs. So says James Thackrah, healthcare solutions director at Schneider Electric, who here describes 'eight ways that could save your Trust up to 6 million pounds sterling'.