- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust to receive £674,000 to upgrade energy technology
- Funding aims to bring down bills and create saving to reinvest in frontline services
- Investment forms part of Trust’s Green Plan 2025-2030 to reach net zero by 2045
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is set to benefit from more money for clean energy upgrades to cut its bills.
Bolton is one of 14 NHS trusts across the North West that will receive a share of £11.1 million to adopt clean energy technologies and improve their energy efficiency – helping bring down bills and create savings to be reinvested into local frontline services.
This includes £1 million delivered in partnership with Great British Energy (GBE) for new batteries and solar panels, building on the publicly owned energy company’s £255 million investment in solar power for hospitals, schools and military sites last year.
The funding is part of £74 million worth of government support for public buildings across the country to generate their own electricity and save tens of millions on their bills.
These measures will save over 190 NHS sites almost £30 million a year on their energy bills.
Bolton will receive £674,000 to expand the Building Management System across the Royal Bolton Hospital site, which uses sensors to monitor and control temperature, air flow and energy usage more efficiently.
Annette Walker, Chief Finance Officer at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, said:
This funding of more than half a million pounds allows us to take another step forward in our Green Plan 2025-2030, which sets out a number of ambitions to help us meet our net zero targets within the next two decades.
“Through this initiative we’re able to future-proof our hospital site with technology that creates a cleaner environment for local communities, reduces our energy costs, and allows us to re-invest money into our frontline services.
Professor Andrew Furber, Regional Director for Public Health at NHS England in the North West, said:
Today’s announcement really pushes our NHS forward to achieving our commitment to becoming the first health system to achieve net zero, and this funding will mean that the NHS across the North West is focused and ready for the future.
“Communities across our region will not only benefit from a cleaner, sustainable environment, but also from more money being directly put back into healthcare on the frontline through lower energy bills.
Minister for Energy Consumers Martin McCluskey said:
More money will go straight to the north-west’s frontline services as hospitals benefit from cheaper bills and cutting-edge green technology.
“This is our clean power mission in action – cutting bills, investing in public services and providing energy security for our country.
Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said:
With lower bills for hospitals, better value for money, and a cleaner, more efficient NHS, everybody wins.
“Every penny of these savings will be redirected straight back into frontline care and delivering an NHS patients, staff and the whole country can be proud of again.
“This investment will help us build an NHS fit for the future.
Dan McGrail, CEO of Great British Energy said:
Communities are at the heart of our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower. Clean local energy projects enable communities to directly benefit from cleaner, more secure power.
“This funding will help to create an immediate reduction in energy bills so that millions of pounds can be invested back into vital services for the British public.
