This session explores how we can lead the way in sustainable healthcare by reducing waste and improving patient outcomes. Through practical case studies, we’ll examine how climate change, including rising temperatures and worsening air quality – impacts ocular health, and how everyday clinical decisions can make a meaningful difference. Delegates will leave with actionable strategies to embed sustainability into their practice while enhancing patient-centred care.

Learning outcomes: 

• By the end of the session, registrants will be able to communicate management plans to patients that integrate environmental sustainability into clinical and dispensing decisions

• By the end of the session, registrants will be able to demonstrate appropriate communication strategies when responding to patients with concerns about new spectacles or contact lens wear, incorporating discussion of environmental sustainability

• By the end of the session, registrants will be able to identify and apply best practice approaches to maintaining a safe clinical environment that also supports environmental sustainability