The GHC Innovation and Sustainability Hub

Catch up with content from our GHC Innovation and Sustainability Hub webinars.

Innovation and Sustainability Hub

The Hub’s aim is to provide colleagues working in health and care services with the latest information, advice and resources to support the introduction and use of sustainable products and approaches in their organisation’s services.

We host regular webinar sessions. From this page, you can keep up to date with our activities, rewatch live session videos and revisit key insights from the presentations. You will find bite-sized takeaways, visual data and practical strategies to help your organisation drive sustainable change in healthcare.

Explore our curated collection of resources from the Green Healthcare Consultancy (GHC) Monthly Webinar Series on our YouTube channel. With this range of free resources, you can: 

• watch short, high-impact video clips featuring expert panels, innovative case studies and practical answers to the most pressing green healthcare questions
• read key extracts and curated summaries, actionable sustainability checklists and written transcripts from expert speakers
• view and download the original slide decks used by our presenters to access carbon-footprint data, clinical sustainability frameworks and resource-saving models to share with your team.

Watch the video playlist on YouTube

Hub 1, 18 June 2026

Our first session, where we provided an update on wider policy issues and current procurement nationally, as well as focusing on some specific problem areas.

Videos for these agenda items can be watched on YouTube.

Agenda

Welcome and context: introduction to the GHC Innovation and Sustainability Hub and how and why we are doing this.

UV-C LED use: UV-C LED as a safe and effective disinfection tool and approach. Download the UV-C LED summary PDF and the Mackwell Health PDF about UV-C LED disinfection technology. 

Approaches to the use of nitrous: safe and effective use of nitrous oxide and moves to limit harmful emissions and how organisations can mitigate against this. Download the nitrous oxide sustainability session summary PDF.

National literature reviews on sustainable products: an update on NHSE-sponsored literature reviews on valved respirators and refilling of spray bottles. Download the National Infection and Prevention Control Manual update PDF.

Policy and supply chain updates: a summary of latest development and procurement of PPE assets. Download the PPE session summary PDF.

Hub 2, 30 July 2026

Our second hub focused on cleaning, including presentations on policy and practical examples of hospital-based cleaning work covering instruments, environmental and textiles, demonstrating reusable products and approaches as opposed to single-use methods and products. 

Videos for these agenda items can be watched on YouTube.

Agenda

National updates: an overview of national policy and associated issues. Download the Updates from a national level summary PDF and the presentation slides PDF.

Sustainable line cleaning: presentation covering practical requirements of running a sustainable laundry and linen service in an NHS Trust. Download the Healthcare linen summary PDF and the presentation slides PDF.

Sustainable instrument cleaning: high-pressure cold water as an alternative to other forms of instrument cleaning. Download the Instrument cleaning summary PDF.

Issues in environmental decontamination: a review of the current position and issues with respect to decontamination and actions to manage this in a more environmentally friendly way. Download the Environmental decontamination issues PDF.

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