Supporting anchor institutions

We will be supporting the three mental health trusts to work together to further expand their work as anchor institutions.

As outlined by the Health Foundation, this means working together to:

• Purchase more locally and for social benefit: in England alone, the NHS spends £27bn each year on goods and services

• Using our buildings and spaces to support communities: The NHS occupies 8,353 sites across England on 6,700 hectares of land

• Widening access to quality work: The NHS is the UKs biggest employer with 1.6m employees

• Working more closely with our local partners: The NHS can learn from others, spread good ideas and model civic responsibility

• Reducing the NHS’ environmental impact: The NHS is responsible for 40 per cent of the public sector’s carbon footprint.

  We will work with local authority partners to promote and support their work on anchor programmes.