The North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System (NENC ICS) travel and transport group brings together a wealth of knowledge and experience in the sustainability sector and addresses transport related issues faced by NHS trusts in our region.

The group is focused on developing and delivering collaborative solutions to reduce the environmental impact of transport related activities across the region.

This includes logistics of NHS fleet decarbonisation, identifying and implementing sustainable modes of transport to and between NHS facilities for staff and patients, improving health and wellbeing of staff and patients, and improving air quality at NHS sites.

Currently, the group are working on development of a regional sustainable travel framework to support trusts in delivering the targets set out in the national travel and transport strategy. This collaborative approach is essential in understanding the importance and interdependencies of the local transport system in delivering NHS services in the region.