call for innovations to both reduce carbon emissions and drive improvements in care for patients

SBRI Healthcare, which is an Accelerated Access Collaborative initiative, in partnership with Greener NHS and the AHSN Network, have launched a new call for innovations to both reduce carbon emissions and drive improvements in care for patients. Applications opened on 24 August for the competition, which will provide a total of £1m to support innovative solutions to meet known NHS challenges and areas of opportunity.

Specifically, the innovations will help reduce carbon emissions in those areas of clinical care and patient pathways with a higher impact on the environment. The four challenge areas include:

- Decarbonising surgical pathways 

- Reducing waste in surgery and critical care

- Net zero personalised care

- Tools to support the workforce to deliver net zero care 

The competition is open to single organisations based in the UK or EU from the private, public, and third sectors, including companies charities, universities and NHS organisations (see SBRI website for more details).

The closing date is 5 October. For more details, please visit the SBRI Healthcare competition page.