JAG is invested in helping your service move towards becoming more sustainable. On this page you will find helpful resources to help your service achieve GRS standard 1.9. The service has a green endoscopy working group to reduce the environmental impact of the service and initiates at least one environmental initiative.

'Most of us recycle and are increasingly environmentally aware in our everyday lives. Yet at work sustainability is not always considered. I think we could do better. That is why I am excited about the recent introduction of GRS standard 1.9 “The service has a green endoscopy working group to reduce the environmental impact of the service and initiates at least one environmental initiative.” The standard is level A which means it is currently aspirational. Some units are really getting behind this, and we have seen some great examples of innovative practice. I see standard 1.9 as a first step in the right direction. There is plenty of scope for improvement. We really have the potential to make a significant impact.'- Mark Jarvis Chair of JAG Accreditation

 Tips to start your journey

Greener Endoscopy Network meeting September 2024 recording

September 2024 presentation slides 

The JAG Podcast: Greener Endoscopy with Leigh Donnelly 

We also find out Leigh’s top tips to help services achieve the JAG sustainability standard.

Listen to the Greener Endoscopy episode with Leigh Donnelly below

Resources to help you

GIN 28th Jan 2022 Green presentation.pdf- Managing sustainability & environmental impact in endoscopy presentation given by Leigh Donnelly to the GIN annual conference January 2022

ESGE Days 2022 Green presentation final.pdf A background to challenges presented by climate change within healthcare. Steps that services can take to start their journey to sustainable healthcare- by Leigh Donnelly 

https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/breaking-fever-sustainability-and-climate-change-nhs - A background to healthcare sustainability and a link to the 'breaking the fever report' by J Isherwood, S Wong, T Hillman and A Goddard

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-change/effects-of-climate-change - A look at the effects of climate change and how it will impact life in the future

Join the Green Endoscopy Network

Join the Green Endoscopy network at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare to find resources and collaborate on greening your endoscopy services. The Network brings together patients, clinicians, researchers, educators, students, and managers interested in sustainable endoscopy, and is free to join. 

What is the RCP doing? 

Following consultation with our members in 2022, the RCP formally adopted sustainability and climate change as one of its four policy and campaign priorities for the first time. This work is steered by an RCP advisory group, with members from different career grades and external experts, that looks at what more can be done in the health service – and by medicine in particular – to improve healthcare sustainability.

A key element of the RCP’s work in this space is to support physicians to reduce the environmental impact of clinical care. In July 2024, the RCP launched the Green physician toolkit that brings together the evidence on health and climate change, and suggests actions that physicians can take in their day-to-day practice.

Tell us your story

We would love to hear about your journey towards a more sustainable service. Tell us about the ups and the downs and about the hurdles you have overcome as a team. Get in touch via our email, and we will feature your story in the news section of our website. 

Check out Royal Bournemouth Hospital's green endoscopy journey here 

For more information or to suggest further resources, email AskJag@rcp.ac.uk