We were delighted to meet Professor Mahmood Bhutta (Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK) to discuss the future of sustainable surgery in the UK and the many projects he is working on to achieve greener surgical practice.
Questions
1. What is the Green Surgery Challenge and how do surgeons get involved? 00:21-01:40
2. What are some of the current main focuses of the Medical Fair and Ethical Trade Group? 01:40-03:06
3. You have recently been appointed to chair a national report on sustainable surgery, can you give an overview on this report? 03:06-04:41
4. Please summarise the main aims of the sustainability group at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School? 04:41-06:26
5. What is your perspective on the negotiations at the recent COP26 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference? 06:25-07:39
Speaker Disclosure: Professor Bhutta has no financial or non-financial conflicts of interest to declare in relation to this video.
Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd. Interview conducted by Sophie Nickelson.
Filmed in coverage of the COP26 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference
