Sustainability at CTMUHB

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) UHB is committed, from Board level to the shopfloor, to implementing the NHS Wales Decarbonisation Strategic Delivery Plan.

A working group comprising the Executive, Facilities, Innovation, Strategic and Operational Planning and Senior Clinicians will deliver this within a framework provided by the four principles of Sustainable Healthcare:

• Prevention

• Patient self-care

• Lean service delivery

• Low carbon alternatives.

These principles are in alignment with CTM UHB’s strategic goals.

A number of projects and initiatives are taking place across the organisation, including:

• Clinical Projects

  • Medicine

    • Homemade scrubs and masks

    • Recycling pill packets

    • e: Pola.Grzybowska@wales.nhs.uk

  • Paediatrics

    • Modelling of energy and waste processes in the Princess of Wales Hospital paediatric department (Masters project with Cardiff University)

    • Reducing inhaler prescribing

    • e: Emily.Payne@wales.nhs.uk

  • Surgery

    • Staff sustainable healthcare attitudes survey

    • Improving recycling in the OPD

    • e: Sam.Fishpool@wales.nhs.uk

  • Anaesthesia

    • Recycling in the operating theatre

    • e: Huw.Davis@wales.nhs.uk

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• Non-Clinical Projects

  • Environmental management

    • CTM UHB has just (April 2021) successfully retained the international environmental standard ISO 14001:2015 accreditation for all its healthcare sites

    • e: David.Williams6@wales.nhs.uk; Russell.Hoare@wales.nhs.uk

  • Energy

    • e: Paul.Lewis@wales.nhs.uk; Gary.P.Humprheys@wales.nhs.uk

  • Waste

    • Food waste collections have diverted 230 tonnes of waste from landfill to anaerobic digestion treatment for electricity generation this year (2020-2021).

    • e: Craig.Edwards@wales.nhs.uk

  • Travel and transport

    • A wide number of initiatives have been implemented, including:

      • Cycle to Work and Cycle Mileage Claims

      • Public Transport Options Discounted Concessions

      • Car Sharing Scheme; Electric Pool Cars

      • Shuttle Bus

      • Home working is encouraged and, accelerated by the effects of the pandemic, there are now 2,594 homeworkers (2020-2021) compared to 769 in 2018-2019

    • e: Wayne.Lewis4@wales.nhs.uk