Side Event During Sustainable Healthcare Week: Workshop with Mölnlycke

Prevention as a Sustainability Strategy: Rethinking Healthcare Purchasing for a Resilient Future

Healthcare systems are under increasing pressure to do more with less. Growing patient demand, workforce shortages, tighter budgets, and ambitious sustainability targets are challenging healthcare leaders to rethink how value is defined and delivered.

What if prevention was not only a clinical objective, but also one of the most powerful tools for creating a more sustainable healthcare system?

Date: 2 October 2026
Time: 09:00 – 12:00 CEST
Location: MindPark Hylle, room great perspective

 Register here

Purpose of the Workshop

In this interactive workshop, we will explore prevention through a holistic sustainability lens, examining how preventive approaches can strengthen patient outcomes, improve workforce wellbeing, reduce environmental impact, and support long-term economic resilience. Together, we will discuss how purchasing decisions can move beyond upfront costs and individual outcomes to capture the broader value that prevention creates across the healthcare system.

Through facilitated discussions and practical exercises, participants will explore:

• How a holistic sustainability perspective could influence purchasing and investment decisions
• What tools, measurements, and evidence are needed to support a broader definition of value
• Which barriers currently prevent healthcare organizations from making more holistic decisions
• How procurement can become a strategic lever for prevention and system resilience

Join us to challenge traditional thinking, share perspectives with peers, and explore how prevention can help build a healthcare system that delivers sustainable value today while preserving capacity for tomorrow.

About Mölnlycke Health Care

Mölnlycke is a world-leading MedTech company that specialises in innovative solutions for wound care and surgical procedures. Mölnlycke products and solutions are used daily by hospitals, health care providers and patients in over 100 countries around the world. Founded in 1849, Mölnlycke is owned by Investor AB and headquartered in Sweden.