Surgical Innovations Group PLC Centre for Sustainable Healthcare collaboration
November 25 2020 - 2:00AM
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Surgical Innovations Group PLC
25 November 2020
Surgical Innovations Group plc
("Surgical Innovations", "SI" or the "Company")
Centre for Sustainable Healthcare collaboration
Aiming to reduce the environmental impact of plastic waste in
surgery
Surgical Innovations Group plc (AIM: SUN), the designer,
manufacturer and distributor of innovative medical technology for
minimally invasive surgery, announces its collaboration with the
Centre for Sustainable Healthcare ("CSH") to support wider efforts
in the UK and globally to reduce the environmental impact of
plastic waste in surgery.
This new collaboration with CSH will enable the validation of
the Company's environmental messaging and demonstrate the
quantifiable cost and environmental savings from a 'greener'
operating room. This data will then help develop information and
training for NHS hospitals and staff as they seek to fulfil
obligations on sustainability in the NHS, and follows the
publication in October 2020 of the NHS 'Net Zero' objective,
described more fully in the link below. Surgical Innovations' range
of 'Resposable(TM)' surgical instruments is designed to provide
class leading quality and functionality, whilst reducing plastic
waste by approximately 70% compared to that generated from commonly
used competing products. In addition, CSH's global network will
help direct the Company's efforts to promote the Green credentials
of its "Resposable(TM) product portfolio to existing and new
international partners.
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is an independent
registered charity. Established in 2008, it works to help the NHS
fulfil its commitment to reduce its carbon footprint by 80% by
2050. It is now the one of the foremost institutions in the world
working on sustainable healthcare in research and practice.
Adam Power, Group Development Director of SI, said: "The Centre
for Sustainable Healthcare is a leading independent provider of
information and training to NHS clinical staff and will be
enormously helpful in providing Surgical Innovations with an
ethical and rigorous pathway to providing hospitals with the
information they need to fulfil the obligations set by NHS England
in the recent plan: ' Delivering a 'Net Zero' National Health
Service . '(1) "
Rachel Stancliffe, Founder and Director of the Centre for
Sustainable Healthcare, said: "We are delighted to be working with
the team at Surgical Innovations. Good, collaborative and ethical
industry partners are a vital part of transforming our health
system for a sustainable future. Medical devices make up a
significant proportion of the carbon footprint of hospitals and
more sustainable alternatives are urgently needed if we are to meet
our targets for reducing environmental impact. SI has developed a
practical, accessible alternative to single-use surgical
instruments and we look forward to working closely to increase
uptake of this and other innovative alternatives."
(1)
https://www.england.nhs.uk/greenernhs/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2020/10/delivering-a-net-zero-national-health-service.pdf
For further information please contact:
Surgical Innovations Group plc www sigroupplc com
Nigel Rogers, Chairman Tel: 0113 230 7597
Charmaine Day, Company Secretary
N+1 Singer (Nominated Adviser & Tel: 020 7496 3000
Broker)
Aubrey Powell (Corporate Finance)
Rachel Hayes (Corporate Broking)
Walbrook PR (Financial PR & Investor Tel: 020 7933 8780 or si@walbrookpr.com
Relations)
Paul McManus / Lianne Cawthorne Mob: 07980 541 893 / 07584 391 303
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