Sustainable care
A world renowned institution, NHS Golden Jubilee has provided care through
collaboration for patients across Scotland since 2002.
Consisting of the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital, Research Institute,
Conference Hotel, Centre for Sustainable Delivery and NHS Scotland Academy,
NHS Golden Jubilee works with colleagues around the globe, from industry to
academia, to provide the highest quality of person centred care.
As Scotland’s flagship hospital for elective and specialist care, we are home to Scotland’s largest
ophthalmology centre, 1 of Europe’s biggest elective orthopaedic centres and a major diagnostic
imaging service.
NHS Golden Jubilee also manages all heart and lung surgery for the west of Scotland, as well as
3 national heart and lung services, including the country’s only adult heart transplantation unit.
National Centre for Sustainable Delivery
The national Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD) is a national unit designed to sustainably
improve and transform Scotland’s health care system through innovation, collaboration and clinical
leadership.
Hosted by NHS Golden Jubilee and commissioned by the Scottish Government, CfSD brings together
existing transformation programmes with an innovation team to support the rapid rollout of
new techniques, innovations and clinically safe, fast and efficient pathways for Scotland’s patients.
CfSD will work with experts and patients across Scotland to make our healthcare system the best
in the world and ensure that people receive the right care, from the right people, at the right time.
To achieve this we need to focus on sustainability, value, innovation and listening to our patients.
National Academy
NHS Scotland Academy is an exciting partnership between NHS Golden Jubilee and NHS Education
for Scotland to offer accelerated training for a wide range of health and social care roles and
professions.
The Academy:
- Provides an opportunity for staff to improve their skills in specific areas, using residential, distanceand virtual reality learning.
- Offers attractive training programmes linked to recruitment and career progression.
- Draws on the strengths of both parent organisations using both the state-of-the-art clinical and simulation facilities at NHS Golden Jubilee and the educational expertise and technology-enabledlearning offered by NHS Education for Scotland.
- Supports NHS Scotland to develop additional capacity and new capabilities.
- Adds to existing educational programmes and respond to evolving and emerging workforce needs.
- Helps ensure the health and social care workforce is prepared for future needs in Scotland by addressing recruitment gaps and training needs.
- Commits to the principles of eliminating discrimination and harassment, promoting equality of opportunity for all and recognising and valuing diversity in employment and in the delivery of our services. Our Inclusive Education and Learning Policy sets out our commitment to making education and learning more inclusive.
6.1 Anaesthesia and surgery
Greenhouse gases are used as anaesthetics and for pain relief. These gases are nitrous oxide
(laughing gas), entonox (a mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide) and the ‘volatile gases’ (desflurane,
sevoflurane, and isoflurane).
Through improvements to anaesthetic technique and the management of medical gas delivery
systems, the NHS can reduce emissions from these sources.
NHS Golden Jubilee’s total emissions from these gases in 2023/2024 were 133.63 tonnes of CO2
equivalent, an increase of 27.78% from the year before. This is entirely due the increase in piped
entonox for the commissioning of the new surgical centre.
More detail on these emissions is set out in the tables below:
