NHS Lanarkshire’s Sustainability Team is marking Scotland’s Climate Week (Monday 13th September – Sunday 19th September), by announcing a new partnership with Mobilityways, which will allow all staff who commute to work, to receive personalised, sustainable options, from their home to their place of work in the near future.
Created with staff in mind, this new perk will allow those who would like to try travelling more sustainably to view which options are available to them.
The new platform will be made available in the coming months, and can be accessed by all staff throughout communities, health centres, clinics, offices and hospitals. In the meantime, staff are being asked to complete a few questions to help support this evolving piece of work:
Complete this short questionnaire.
Those who sign-up via the questionnaire will also receive future communications directly to be able to download their own personalised travel plans.
Utilising Mobilityways Scoping Smart Mobility tool, which analysed over 7000 anonymised employee postcodes, revealed 96% of staff had at least one sustainable commuting option available to them. This included active travel, like walking or biking, accessible public transport options such as train or bus.
Michael Simpson, Energy & Environment Officer, NHS Lanarkshire said: “We’re really excited to bring this new platform to NHS staff, not only will it afford those who would like to try commuting more sustainably the information to do so, it will also provide us with a wealth of information we’ve never had before and has already greatly improved our understanding of travel habits across the board.
“The platform is an evolving piece of work and, in the near future, staff will be able to download their own personalised travel plans based on their home postcode and destination. We’re encouraging staff to complete our quick questionnaire to help us to enhance the robustness of our reports, understand how staff get to work, and promote active travel alternatives wherever appropriate to do so.
“As COP 26 approaches, we’re thrilled to share this new initiative will be rolled out NHS Lanarkshire wide later in the year.”
