NHS England is establishing an expert panel to set out how the NHS can get to “net zero” on greenhouse gases ahead of the national target of 2050, the world’s first major health service to do so.
The expert panel will examine changes that can be made to reduce the NHS’s carbon footprint by looking at its supply chain and energy use. It will submit an interim report to NHS England in the summer, and the final report is expected in the autumn, ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow in November.
In the UK, healthcare is responsible for 5.4% of the country’s net emissions, says a recent a report from Health Care Without Harm.1 The causes of air pollution and climate change are often the same, and both contribute to increased pressure on health services. …

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气候紧急情况：新的专家小组将阐明NHS如何实现净零排放。

英格兰国家医疗服务体系（NHS）正在建立一个专家小组，以设定国家医疗服务体系（NHS）如何在国家目标2050年之前实现温室气体“净零”，这是世界上第一个这样做的主要卫生服务。
专家小组将研究NHS的供应链和能源使用情况，以减少NHS的碳足迹。它将在夏天向NHS英格兰提交一份中期报告，最终报告有望在11月在格拉斯哥举行的COP26气候变化峰会之前在秋天提交。
英国《无公害医疗保健》（Health Care Without Harm）最近的一份报告说，在英国，医疗保健占该国净排放量的5.4％。1空气污染和气候变化的原因通常是相同的，并且两者都对卫生服务产生了越来越大的压力。…