Senior Nurse for Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research, and Clinical Director for Research, James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Yarmouth; Honorary Fellow, University of East Anglia, Norwich; and Visiting Professor, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent.
Research Grants Advisor and Research Paramedic, James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Yarmouth, and Honorary Fellow, University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Br J Nurs. 2024 Jun 6;33(11):515-521. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2024.0035.
The NHS is the first public body globally to commit to net zero.
This study aimed to explore the environmental sustainability impact of a hospital scholarship programme.
A sustainable quality improvement value framework was used to measure the programme's environmental, social and financial effects.
The social impact through face-to-face contact was most valued by scholars; there were also savings in carbon emissions and costs.
Training in sustainability is essential for the workforce but little infrastructure and expertise are available within organisations to support staff to provide sustainable healthcare in day-to-day practice.
Sustainable healthcare should be supported by education and national guidance and implementation plans should be drawn up to this end. The social impact of the framework used is often seen as less important than its environmental and financial components; however, as its value to scholars illustrates, the components are intertwined and should be considered of equal importance.
NHS 是全球第一个承诺实现净零排放的公共机构。
本研究旨在探讨医院奖学金计划对环境可持续性的影响。
采用可持续质量改进价值框架来衡量该计划的环境、社会和财务影响。
学者们最看重通过面对面接触带来的社会效益；该计划还实现了碳排放量和成本的节约。
对员工进行可持续发展方面的培训至关重要，但组织内部几乎没有基础设施和专业知识来支持员工在日常实践中提供可持续的医疗服务。
应通过教育和国家指导来支持可持续医疗，为此应制定实施计划。所使用框架的社会影响通常被认为不如其环境和财务部分重要；然而，正如其对学者的价值所表明的那样，这些组成部分是相互交织的，应被同等重视。
