Sustainability at Ramsay Health Care

I see a lot of wastage in theatre.

Can be more sustainable but due to infection, there will always be a lot of waste

They don't even recycle IV bags like other hospitals do

KIdney dishes are made from recyclable materials and the kitchen delivers cardboard/paper disposable items and stainless steel cutlery so minimal plastic. Wards have a recycling bin for relevant waste.

At the moment I believe Ramsay could do more in terms of the environmental impact and commitment to sustainability.

Reduced use of plastics in the workplace, focusing on reusable and recyclable equipment

Ramsay has committed to Science-Based Targets to become Net Zero by 2040. This is a tough target, as Ramsay has a complex supply chain, and health care as a business generally produces a large carbon footprint. One of Ramsay's biggest achievements currently is reducing the use of desflurane across all of the Ramsay businesses. Ramsay continues to work towards these targets to hit net zero by 2040.

It's whatever is cheapest even if it's not working properly or makes our lives alot harder

They have changed to recyclable products. The only downfall is instead of plastic bottles, we have water jugs which patients hate

Given the nature of our company there is a huge amount of waste produced and limited ways to help the environmental impact

The workplace stopped using water bottles. They now use watee jugs.

Using recycled paper, using more paper than plastic

Ramsay is trying but there is so much waste in health care, so much more could and should be done.

We are still paper-based. We waste tons of paper

We have been taught to recycle in theatre but have also been told that they don't recycle soft plastics anymore.

Trying. No designated recycle bins in most ward areas where many boxes etc are used

I think the only sustainable thing we do is have biodegradable paper cups. Apart from that we don't even have recycling and go through a lot of waste and use a lot of plastic.

We have recycle bins in each office, sharps containers, sound proof rooms for some areas, also shredding bins

There are constant improvements such as waste reduction and solar panel installations.

I have seen some changes for example paper mediation cups. cardboard kidney dishes. but hospitals are hard to keep sustainable when everything has to be ONE use and then discarded.