Efforts by NHS organisations across the country to futureproof and reduce the environmental impact of services are being recognised with the announcement of the shortlist for the 2017 NHS Sustainability Awards.
The awards were established to encourage, benchmark, and reward action on creating a more-sustainable NHS.
And the judges have now chosen their finalists, who will go through to the next stage of the competition.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on Wednesday.
The shortlisted entries are as follows:
Award for Workforce Development
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Award for Innovation
- West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Water Award
- Imperial College Healthcare Trust
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Leadership Award
Award for Energy
Award for Finance
- North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Award for Food
Digital Award
- West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Reuse Award
- University College London Hospital Foundation Trust
- 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Public Health Wales
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Award for Waste Management
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Sharpsmart Ltd & Liverpool Women’s Hospital
- Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Procurement Award
- Public Health Wales
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Travel Award
- Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Carbon Award
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Public Health Wales
Public Health
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group
- Healthwatch Northamptonshire