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Event date
16 July 2025
Event time
14:00-16:00

Policy Connect is examining the challenges and opportunities around clinical waste management and sustainability within the NHS.

With the health service generating significant volumes of clinical waste each year, there is growing urgency to find environmentally responsible and cost-effective solutions. Clinical waste not only contributes to carbon emissions and environmental degradation but also places a financial burden on healthcare providers.

This work brings together insights from policymakers, healthcare providers, researchers, and industry experts to explore how the NHS can reduce its environmental impact while maintaining high standards of care and safety. By identifying best practices, innovative technologies, and policy levers, the aim is to support the NHS in progressing towards its net zero targets and embedding sustainability into core healthcare operations.

This is the first session, held in the House of Lords, in an event series on Sustainable Healthcare, and will be chaired by Baroness Ritchie.

This event is kindly sponsored by The Environmental Services Association (ESA) and Stericycle.

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