11 May is World FM Day with the theme ‘leading a sustainable future’. Sustainable facilities are one of CHP’s five strategic aims in our Business Plan for 2022/23 and are also a social responsibility pillar. Everyone at CHP plays their part to meet our sustainability goals outlined in our ‘CHP Green Plan – A Greener CHP, A Greener NHS’.
CHP’s leasing team, led by Senior Leasing Support Surveyor Katharine Sherwood, has surpassed their target of completed leases for the financial year 2021/22. The additional 100 leases means that regularisation across the CHP portfolio is now above 85%, exceeding...
The Earth Day 2022 (22 April) theme is ‘Invest in Our Planet’ asking people, organisations and governments to accelerate solutions to combat climate change. Here at CHP, we have an ambitious Green Plan which sets out the changes we are making to support a #GreenerNHS, #InvestInOurPlanet and tackle climate change.
On 12 April, Community Health Partnerships CEO Wendy Farrington-Chadd took part in a panel discussion entitled ‘harnessing the power of the primary and community estate’ at a MaST Estates Partnership and Bury, Tameside and Glossop Estates Partnership hosted event in...
The World Health Organization has dedicated this year’s World Health Day (7 April) to the theme of “Our Planet, Our Health”. NHS organisations are sharing their #GreenerNHS stories to inspire others as we work towards a net zero carbon NHS. Here at CHP, we have an...
Community Health Partnerships (CHP) has become the latest member of the NHS family to partner with AccessAble; the UK’s leading provider of detailed disabled-access information. CHP, which are responsible for 5% of the NHS property portfolio, has worked with...
Richard Williams has joined the Board of Community Health Partnerships (CHP) as a Non-Executive Director. His appointment was confirmed at a Board meeting this week. Catherine Mason, Chair of CHP said: “I am delighted to announce Richard’s appointment as a new...
Community Health Partnerships is delighted to be able to announce the rollout of ‘iPads’ to our key operational staff who visit sites across England. The rollout comes after a successful trial period where feedback was overwhelmingly positive. The pilot was originally...
Throughout the Covid pandemic, Community Health Partnerships has been doing everything possible to support the fight against the virus. CHP and LIFTCo estate teams have helped to facilitate more than 100 vaccination centres across England, with GP practices working...
As part of CHP’s commitment to a greener NHS, we have been working on recycling initiatives. In April 2021, we changed our confidential waste supplier in 68 buildings across our portfolio. Restore Datashred recycle our confidential paper waste bringing environmental benefits. Since April we have saved 293m3 from landfill, saved over 2,000 trees from felling for paper production and reduced our carbon footprint by 76,288.20kg CO2.
During COP26 CHP will be focusing on some of the things we are already doing to improve our green credentials and highlighting some key facts about the NHS and sustainability. One year on from the NHS becoming the world’s first health service to commit to reaching net zero carbon.
The Tessa Jowell Health Centre in East Dulwich recently received a special visit from pupils of nearby Goose Green Primary School. The Year 2 pupils have been learning about superheroes, and what makes a hero, and decided, with the support from teachers, that those...