31 October 2011
National award for community engagement in Hospital woodland
Broomfield Hospital has picked up an award for best community engagement in its woodland from the NHS Forest.
The award recognises how the Hospital has engaged with members of the local community, including the local tree warden, community groups and school children, to help develop the woodland areas at Broomfield Hospital.
Malcolm Stamp, Chief Executive of mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust said: “We are delighted to be a NHS Forest site and I am very pleased that we have received this award. It not only recognises the work that we have done with regard to the ongoing woodland management at Broomfield, but also how members of the local community have been actively involved in this project, their input has really made a big difference. We are very proud of our woodland and the difference that it makes to our patients, staff, visitors and local community.”
The woodland project at Broomfield hospital is now is in its third year. So far some of the activities have included; creating disabled access paths; planting 400 trees and shrubs and putting up information boards. This has all been done with the help of local volunteers, schools and community groups.
The award was presented by Pam Warhurst, Chair of the Forestry Commission, at their first annual event to mark the success of its project to plant 1.3m trees across the UK, one for every employee in the NHS, and create a ‘Natural Health Service’.
The ongoing woodland management that is taking place at Broomfield Hospital is part of the planning application that was made for the new hospital wing.
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