EBME Dr Helen Meese summarised that Invest 2035 and the


Road to Recovery have the potential to provide a platform from which the biomedical engineering community can reshape the sustainability landscape across the healthcare sector, in the coming years. She urged delegates to think about the greener implications when they returned to their workplace. “I am challenging you to work with sustainability built


into everything that you do, to push for procurement standards that reflect environmental impact, and to collaborate beyond your workplace with clinicians, with suppliers, with policymakers, and even the research community. The future of healthcare depends on engineers like you thinking differently and acting decisively. So, let’s not wait for regulation to catch up with us; let’s lead the way,” she concluded.


A centralised approach At the end of the session, delegates highlighted their key concerns and shared the challenges they are facing. They observed that there are some “really good sustainability initiatives going on,” but all too often improvement initiatives are localised and undertaken in isolation. A more coordinated, centralised approach to green initiatives is required, along with the sharing of successful strategies, in order to speed up adoption. An example was given of the ‘Gloves Off’ campaign


which has gained traction on a national scale. It was suggested that a centralised approach, such as this, could de-risk adoption at a local level. To make this happen, there needs to be a drive ‘upwards’ to engage with those who are leading NHS, to say: “we want you to make this into an initiative.” For more info see: https://ebme-expo.com/


Acknowledgement n This article was originally prepared for HEJ’s sister


publication, Clinical Services Journal. We are grateful to CSJ’s Editor Louise Frampton for kindly permitting its inclusion in this month’s issue.


Delegates from the show said a more centralised approach to green initiatives is required.


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