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At the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh (NOHC), achieving medical excellence means caring for both our patients and our environment. Operating theatres are uniquely resource-intensive hotspots, occupying only a small fraction of a Hospital’s physical footprint yet generating up to 70% of its total waste volume.

This week, the NOHC Green Energy Committee introduced its Sustainability Strategy 2026–2030 to staff. We are no strangers to environmental leadership. Since first partnering with the HSE Sustainability Office and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) in 2021, the Hospital has directed approximately €2 million into sustainability projects, under the Sustainability Strategy 2022-2025, and the results of these investments speak for themselves.

Year on year, the number of patients in Ireland presenting with bony metastatic disease is exponentially increasing, with associated patient morbidity. Between 1994 and 2012, 14,995 cases of bony metastatic disease were recorded. Traditionally regarded as an untreatable disease, new therapies and interventions, specifically ablation techniques, now offer options to successfully treat affected patients.

Total Knee Replacement (TKR) remains the most commonly performed elective orthopaedic procedure globally. Despite significant advancements in surgical methodologies and implant technologies, post-operative outcomes can be variable, with up to 20% of patients expressing dissatisfaction following surgery. The Complex Knee Clinic, established at the National Orthopaedic Hospital in 2018, convenes bi-monthly under the direction of Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons Professor John O’Byrne, Mr Peter Keogh, Mr Adrian Cassar-Gheiti, Mr Sven O’hEireamhoin, Mr Andrew Hughes, and Physician Associate Ms Ciara Doran.