The ACB has partnered with Abbott to deliver an interactive webinar centring on acheiving Net Zero and working to a more sustainable future.  Discussions will take place to look at actions healthcare professionals can take to reduce negative environmental actions, and also which processes and practices in the healthcare laboratory can be adapted to reduce the carbon footprint.  

This session is facilitated by Lisa Harrison, Marketing Director, Core Diagnostics at Abbott.

We will be hearing from the following panel of speakers:

• Joanne Hall - Sustainability and green champion in blood sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust
• Sheri Scott - IBMS sustainability lead and council member, EFLM Green Taskforce core member, Nottingham Trent University
• Rob Shorten - ACB Green Champion, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Janet Smith - Head of Sustainability for Royal Wolverhampton NHS Hospitals

The speakers in this webinar will cover their experience and vision for sustainability in laboratory medicine, with learning outcomes including:

• Understanding the relationship between the climate emergency and public health
• Understanding sustainability and the concepts of sustainability in relation to healthcare science, the clinical laboratory and the patient pathway.
• Gaining knowledge of case examples of embedding sustainability into laboratory and POCT practice

We encourage participants to prepare questions before the webinar in order to engage with the speakers during the Q&A.