As you will appreciate, a lot of planning has gone into the formal communications approach, led by the Cabinet Office and the Royal Household, to enable us as a nation to remember Queen Elizabeth’s life and service.
NHS England is therefore pausing most proactive communications from across our organisation, with the exception of operational and patient communications. This includes pausing press releases, social media posts and virtual or in person events and webinars. This will last until after the state funeral has taken place.
We have also been advised today that WRAP will be taking a similar approach and will be delaying National Recycle Week activity and communications to a time yet to be determined. It will likely be in the next 6-8 weeks, and definitely not within the next 2 weeks. We will confirm the new dates as soon as possible and would encourage anyone planning to hold a local campaign for Walking Aids returns as part of National Recycle Week to pause any communication or focussed event activity until the new dates.
Although during this period the NHS will continue to operate as normal (including operating existing returns schemes), providing world class care to patients, you will understand that as a public body it is important that we adhere to the approach, led by the Cabinet Office and the Royal Household, to honour Queen Elizabeth’s memory and observe the official mourning period.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions england.ccf-sustainability@nhs.net. For further information on the programme or to access any of our support tools, please go to the CCF Futures Hub (for NHS staff).
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