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THE CLINICAL SERVICES JOURNAL Inside this issue
5 Editor’s Comment A New Year’s resolution…
6 Cover Story: Supporting
healthcare at every touch point Vernacare is enhancing safety, efficiency and dignity across the healthcare system, with a variety of sustainable solutions at every touch point.
9 News 14 Letter to the Editor
www.clinicalservicesjournal.com Volume 25 I Issue 1 I January 2026 THE CLINICAL SERVICES JOURNAL 34 The future of surgery in the UK
The Clinical Services Journal provides an insight into the highlights at the Future of Surgery Show in Birmingham, taking place on 20 January 2026. Technological innovation, elective recovery, patient safety and sustainability will be high on the agenda, at this one-day event.
37 Digital innovation in the operating theatre
The future of surgery in the UK
Yorkshire teaching Trust achieves SSI reductions Calls to ‘unblock UK MedTech bottlenecks’
In this article, Richard McAuley explores how digital innovations in operating theatres are reshaping the future of healthcare, by striving to achieve energy efficiencies, improved patient outcomes, and enhanced sustainability.
41 Yorkshire teaching Trust achieves SSI reductions 16 PAC report criticises NHS recovery plans
Billions have been spent to tackle NHS waiting lists, but recovery targets continue to be missed, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found. In a new report, MPs likened Government plans for NHS reform to “poor practices seen on HS2”.
21 Calls to ‘unblock UK MedTech bottlenecks’
New research from CPI reveals systemic barriers facing UK MedTech startups and spinouts and calls for co-ordinated reform across regulation, investment and NHS adoption, to unlock innovation and deliver national health and economic strategies.
26 Putting sustainable healthcare into practice
CSJ spoke with Eric De Kesel, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President, Sustainability, and Dr. Emma Wright, Chief Medical Officer, at Mölnlycke Health Care, about how healthcare systems can be supported to turn sustainable healthcare from aspiration into daily practice.
30 Calls to tackle corridor care
Age UK has called on ministers to set a date to end corridor care, associated with long A&E waits, and produce a plan to achieve it. A recent survey, by the charity, reveals the impact of the problem.
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust has pioneered nasal photodisinfection to tackle surgical site infections. In this article, Jason Hickok looks at how the technology is being used to eliminate pathogens without contributing to antimicrobial resistance.
45 Driving sustainability in MedTech
Sustainability was high on the agenda at EBME Expo. Dr. Helen Meese told the delegates that biomedical engineers and technologists are “in a very powerful position to reimagine what the healthcare system is going to look like, particularly around environmental responsibility and technology advancement.”
49 Could UV-C LEDs light up decontamination?
Paul Chivers of PCC Sustainable Solutions – an independent SME and Programme / Project manager for innovation and sustainability across PPE, medical devices, and facilities, discusses recent work to examine, and then verify, the effectiveness of novel ways to reprocess reuseable anaesthetic masks, other PPE, and medical devices, using technologies such as UVC, in the process considerably reducing energy and water consumption across the NHS.
54 Achieving sustainability in tissue viability
Empowering patients through a self-care model in lower limb management has helped achieve improved sustainability at the Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. In this article, Andrew Kerr, Lisa Wood and Lesley McDonagh provide an overview of this successful project.
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