Our 2025 focus on sustainability

We are committed to sustainable working practices, to read about this click here.

The NHS accounts for 4% of the UK’s total carbon footprint, including travel, infrastructure and waste management. Operating theatres are responsible for a major part of this, producing 50-70% of total hospital waste.

How can we all make surgical practices more sustainable?

The Royal College of Surgeons has recently highlighted that there are strategies which will help to reduce the carbon footprint of operating theatres around the globe.

Find out what changes you can make by visiting their webpage: https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/about-the-rcs/about-our-mission/sustainability-in-surgery or by viewing their webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MGamvko8E0