Our future priorities

OUR FUTURE

PRIORITIES

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Keeping young people safe from harm

We are supporting further development of the Redthread project which sees specialist youth workers working alongside UCLH teams to support local young people at risk from harm and youth violence.

The initial service, originally embedded in the emergency department, has expanded and works across other departments and on an outreach basis.

“One day, I will come back to UCLH and work as a nurse. I will never forget how compassionate and thoughtful your team and the doctor were that day.

Thank you for letting me be me that day.”

Young person receiving Redthread support

Affordable housing for UCLH and London NHS staff

The trustees are supporting our involvement in ‘Project Hestia’, an initiative led by a group of London NHS charities to provide affordable housing for NHS staff.

In partnership with a housing association, the project proposes the development of affordable housing for NHS staff, with a proportion allocated to UCLH staff, in north London. The chief executive will work with neighbouring charities to develop the proposal further.

Committed to reducing environmental impact

UCLH has made a commitment to reduce its impact on the environment with a 10-point plan to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions in 10

years. Operating theatres have been identified as disproportionately demanding in terms of both energy and resource consumption. The trustees are therefore supporting the comprehensive carbon mapping evaluation of the pathway of knee replacement surgery, one of the most common surgical procedures.

Health academy

We are supporting the development of a health academy, a collaboration between the UCL Division of Surgery and UCLH Theatres and Anaesthesia.

The academy will develop an apprenticeship framework which will support the recruitment, retention, and professional development of NHS staff with an emphasis on cross-skilling, therefore better enabling workforce resilience and transferability across UCLH departments.

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1 UCLH is working on a number of initiatives to achieve zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2031

2 Redthread was initially embedded in the emergency department at University

College Hospital before expanding