Looking to spend a year-end surplus? NHS Procurement in Partnership has some recommendations

If your trust has a surplus to spend before the end of the financial year, NHS PiP has collated suggestions for areas you might want to consider, with an emphasis on COVID-19 recovery and decarbonisation.  

In 2020 the Greener NHS team released its Delivering a net Zero National Health Service in response to the NHS commitment to reach net zero by 2040 for its direct emissions, and 2045 for emissions it can influence.

The impact of climate change is evident,with regular extreme weather conditions affecting the UK and the rest of the world.  The journey to decarbonise the NHS has begun, with annual targets being set by the Greener NHS team.

However, with a focus on the pandemic over the last two years, it is easy for decarbonisation of the estate to slip down the priority list, but if your trust has a cash surplus to spend before year end, perhaps this creates an opportunity to get some sustainability and/or COVID-19 recovery works in prior to the 31st March deadline for accruals.

With that in mind the PiP partners have collated some suggestions on areas you might want to consider if you have money to be spent. The focus areas include:

• COVID-19 recovery
• Decarbonisation projects
• Health and Safety

For more information and to view the PDF click here