Healthcare Assistant Marsha Lord stars at the COP26
A healthcare assistant will be featured in the COP26 climate change conference this week.
Marsha Lord works at St George’s Hospital, which aims to be carbon neutral by 2040 and which generated enough power for the National Grid to boil 46 million kettles in 2019-20.
She is one of just nine NHS workers appearing in a photographic exhibition at the climate change conference taking sustainable action to help achieve net zero carbon emissions.
It has also cut 23 tonnes of carbon through the carbon neutral patient menu, the equivalent of planting 30 acres of forests. It was also the first trust in England to introduce a carbon neutral patient menu.
Marsha said: “It was great to take part in such an important project, and to learn that my photo will be on display at an international conference attended by world leaders.
“For me, taking small steps such as recycling on the wards is so easy to do and if it helps to protect the planet, then it makes sense for us and for our patients.”
The exhibition, called Care for the future: delivering the world’s first net zero health service, celebrates the NHS staff who are supporting the transformation to greener healthcare.
Jacqueline Totterdell, group chief executive, said: “Even in the peak of the pandemic and while caring for record numbers of patients, staff at St George’s were taking steps to lower carbon emissions
because they also care for our planet.
“We are all so proud to see Marsha representing St George’s at COP26 – our staff provide outstanding care to patients every day, so it is no surprise that people like Marsha also care deeply about meeting the challenge of the climate emergency.”
From April to September 2021, 55 tonnes of food waste from St George’s was converted into enough electricity to power 55 homes for a month.
The NHS was asked to create the photo exhibition that showcases the many ways organisations across England are tackling climate change.
The exhibition will be on display in the Blue Zone of the COP26 venue in Glasgow.
Main Picture: Marsha Lord at St George’s Hospital
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