Accelerating sustainable healthcare
About this Event
Sustainability is now a commercial imperative for HealthTech companies.
The NHS has committed to achieving net zero for its direct emissions by 2040 and indirect emissions by 2045. These targets extend across the healthcare supply chain and are increasingly shaping procurement decisions. Under the NHS Net Zero Supplier Roadmap, suppliers must demonstrate measurable environmental impact and embed sustainable practices across product development, manufacture and delivery.
This event brings together the organisations shaping the NHS sustainability agenda, including consultant surgeons and sustainability leaders from the , major NHS Foundation Trusts, the Circular Economy Healthcare Alliance, , and .
Designed for HealthTech innovators, the forum will provide practical insight into NHS sustainability requirements, procurement priorities and emerging opportunities. Delegates will gain a clearer understanding of the NHS supply chain, the Department of Health and Social Care's programme, and approaches to building sustainability into products, services and operations.
Through expert-led discussions, case studies and showcase sessions, delegates will explore real-world examples of sustainable innovation, behavioural change and environmental improvement. The event will also provide opportunities to share challenges, exchange learning and build new collaborations.
The and Pd-m will showcase projects from the programme, highlighting how innovators are addressing sustainability challenges while strengthening commercial viability.
This event is delivered by the HealthTech Research Centre Network and the, with support from the , and in partnership with the SUSTAIN Lab at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
To learn more about how the HRC Network supports sustainable healthcare innovation from concept to adoption, explore the programme.
For further information, please contact [email protected].
Date: Thursday 24 September 2026
Venue: St George's Centre, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3DL
(including a tour of the new SUSTAIN Labs at Leeds General Infirmary)
Format: Hybrid
In-person agenda
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Refreshments
🕑: 09:50 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome and introductions to the day
Host: Adam Peckham-Cooper
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote speech
Host: Professor Hugh Montgomery, OBE
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Keynote speech
Host: Adam Peckham-Cooper
🕑: 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Designing for life: panel and workshop
Host: Chris Taylor
Info: Designing for Life is about adopting a circular approach to design, procure and process products in a way that enables them to be reused, remanufactured or recycled. The panel will discuss what Designing for Life looks like in practice for HealthTech companies, setting up a workshop to identify and prioritise key commercial challenges.
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch break
🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Showcasing sustainable healthcare
Host: Harris Slater
Info: Join our showcase event to engage with innovative, NIHR-supported solutions that are driving sustainable healthcare globally.
🕑: 02:10 PM - 03:30 PM
Changing behaviours: panel and workshop
Host: Andy Stephenson
Info: Behaviour change is integral to making greener healthcare services. The panel and workshop will explore the key barriers and enablers to instigate behaviour change for sustainability, contributing towards a usable framework for designing and enabling behaviour change interventions.
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
SUSTAIN lab tour
Online agenda
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Online introductions
🕑: 09:50 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome and introductions to the day
Host: Adam Peckham-Cooper
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote speech
Host: Professor Hugh Montgomery, OBE
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Keynote speech
Host: Adam Peckham-Cooper
🕑: 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Changing behaviours: panel and workshop
Host: Andy Stephenson
Info: This session will move beyond high-level discussions of “culture” and focus on how to change real-world behaviours in practice, exploring what specifically needs to change, what prevents change in complex systems, and what approaches are most effective in shifting behaviour. During the workshop, delegates will: identify and categorise barriers focusing on motivation, capability and opportunity; explore selected sustainability case studies to understand the factors that enable behaviour change; and contribute towards a usable framework for designing and enabling behaviour change interventions.
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch break
🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Showcasing sustainable healthcare
Host: Simone Croft
Info: Join our showcase event to engage with innovative, NIHR-supported solutions that are driving sustainable healthcare globally.
🕑: 02:10 PM - 03:30 PM
Designing for life: panel and workshop
Host: Chris Taylor
Info: Designing for life is about adopting a circular approach to design, procure and process products in a way that enables them to be reused, remanufactured or recycled. The panel will discuss what Designing for Life looks like in practice for HealthTech companies, setting up a workshop to identify and prioritise key commercial challenges.
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