In January 2025, The Holly Hospital was awarded the JAG accreditation. This accreditation is awarded to endoscopy services which have demonstrated they meet best practice quality standards. For more information, visit https://www.thejag.org.uk.
The Holly Endoscopy Unit is going GREEN!
We have been continuously working towards providing our patients a greener and more sustainable Endoscopy experience.
Things that we have been doing:
- We ensure clinical appropriateness of Endoscopy procedures by adhering to professional guidelines and considering alternative technologies and tests (which produce less environmental impact) to minimise the procedures being carried out.
- We minimize taking of unnecessary biopsies to minimise the use of histopathology.
- We book Upper and Lower Endoscopy procedures on the same day.
- We provide digital patient information and communications to support a sustainable endoscopy unit; however, paper copies are available for patients/service users who require them.
- We educate all Endoscopy staff regarding waste management.
- We reduce PPE use where possible. Nuffield Health is currently looking into the availability of more sustainable options such as reusable PPE.
- We minimise the unnecessary opening of consumables, endoscopic accessories, conserve water as much as possible, and limit unnecessary printing of papers.
- We enable flexible working patterns and remote working of our staff such as for pre-assessment to reduce carbon footprint.
- We discourage the use of Entonox due to its environmental impact.
- We’ll have a new Endoscopy reporting tool which can send Endoscopy reports by email to your GP.
- Nuffield Health is looking into service providers that can further improve our waste segregation.
- Our decontamination area is to be redeveloped with sustainability considered as a criterion for the procurement of hardware and consumables.
- Nuffield Health doesn’t support the use of single-use Endoscopes due to the limited studies of its environmental impact available.
Our Colon Capsule Endoscopy Service is coming soon….
