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NHS adds 500 Nissan Leafs to its fleet
The NHS has ordered 500 Nissan Leafs through its offshoot NHS Fleet Solutions.
The electric vehicles will be made available to healthcare staff and other public sector employees as part of a leasing program via deferred compensation. The vehicles can be leased over a three-year period via deferred compensation. By taking the benefit in kind instead of part of their salary, employees have to pay less tax and social security.
The order follows 700 all-electric Jaguar I-Paces which were added to the fleet at the start of last year, followed by 350 Nissan Leafs last summer.
NHS Fleet Solutions is operated by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and has facilitated the ordering of more than 75,000 vehicles for the NHS and other public sector organisations in the last 15 years.
An NHS Fleet Solutions spokesperson said: ‘We are delighted to take delivery of this sizeable consignment of all-electric Leafs. It is a popular car – we receive lots of positive feedback about it – and it helps to support our environmental sustainability efforts in encouraging more use of electric vehicle.”
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