Discover what some of our interns have to say about working with SurgEase Innovations.
Ömer Faruk Üstoğlu, a Biomedical Engineering student from Acıbadem University, joined us for an internship, gaining hands-on experience in quality control, hardware testing, and regulatory processes. We’re proud to support young talent and help future engineers apply their skills in real-world projects.
Year 9 student Salah from RGS High Wycombe, spent a Work Shadowing Day with us, exploring cutting-edge diagnostics, gaining new skills, and enjoying plenty of insightful conversations. A great step on his journey to becoming a leader of the future!
Aaditiya joined SurgEase Innovations as one of our youngest team members. Alongside his engineering studies, he’s gaining hands-on experience with advanced medical technology, quality checks, and daily operations. His passion and determination are already shaping a bright future in technology.
We’re always looking for ways to support young people in technology. Get in touch to learn more or collaborate with us.
At SurgEase Innovations, social value isn’t just about supporting future talent. It’s also about building a culture of trust, fairness, and accountability. To uphold these values, we provide a safe and confidential way for anyone to raise concerns about wrongdoing through our Whistleblowing Policy. This ensures that issues such as misconduct, health and safety risks, or unethical practices can be reported without fear of retaliation. By encouraging openness, we protect our people, our partners, and the communities we serve.
SurgEase Social Value and Ethical Supply Policy Statement
SurgEase measures the social, environmental and ethical impacts of our operations because doing so improves patient care, reduces harm in our supply chains, and strengthens long-term value creation. We track carbon emissions against a contract baseline, the share of low-carbon travel, and waste diverted from landfill. We monitor supplier ethics through signed Codes of Conduct, risk-based audits, conflict-minerals due diligence, and effective remediation of grievances. We invest in people through modern-slavery awareness, accredited training for procurement and quality teams, internships and placements, and continuing professional development for NHS partners. We support the UK economy by prioritising SME spend and prompt payment.
Our global targets are to reduce contract carbon emissions by at least 3% with an 8% stretch goal, achieve at least 40% low-carbon travel with a 60% stretch goal, and divert at least 80% of waste from landfill with a 95% stretch goal. We require 100% of Tier-1 suppliers to sign our Code and meet compliance expectations, complete audits for all high-risk suppliers to plan, cover at least 90% of shipments with 3TG due diligence with a stretch goal of full coverage, and remedy 100% of substantiated grievances with at least 80% closed within 120 days and a stretch goal of 90%. We target at least 90% completion of staff training in the required timeframes with a stretch goal of full completion. We commit at least 25% UK contract spend to SMEs with a stretch goal of 30%, and we pay at least 95% of SME invoices within 30 days with a stretch goal approaching full compliance. We provide at least one internship or placement per contract year with a stretch goal of two, and deliver at least eight hours of CPD per year for NHS staff with a stretch goal of twelve hours.
The CEO holds overall responsibility for this policy and the Senior Management Team provides governance and oversight. Progress is reviewed quarterly using our Social Value Tracker and formally reported annually. Our whistleblowing channel at report.surgease.co.uk supports safe reporting, anti-retaliation and timely remedy, and our Supplier Code of Conduct and due-diligence processes apply to all new and existing suppliers. This policy is mandatory across SurgEase operations and will be updated as required by legislation, contract obligations and stakeholder expectations.
NHS Supply Chain (DPS) Social Value Commitment.
For NHS Supply Chain DPS contracts, SurgEase applies the same policy and reporting framework with DPS-specific targets and evidence requirements. We measure contract CO₂e against the DPS baseline and report quarterly performance with a minimum reduction of 3% and an 8% stretch goal. We report the proportion of business travel by electric vehicle and rail with a minimum of 40% and a 60% stretch goal, and we evidence waste management performance with at least 80% diverted from landfill and a 95% stretch goal. We evidence 100% Tier-1 Code and compliance adoption, completion of high-risk supplier audits to plan, conflict-minerals due diligence on at least 90% of shipments with a stretch goal of full coverage, and grievance remediation at 100% with at least 80% closed within 120 days and a stretch goal of 90%. We confirm modern-slavery training for at least 90% of staff within the required timeframe with a stretch goal of full completion, and accredited procurement and QA training to the same threshold. We document SME spend at or above 25% of UK contract value with a stretch goal of 30%, and prompt payment performance with at least 95% of SME invoices paid within 30 days. We deliver at least one internship or placement per contract year with a stretch goal of two, and provide a minimum of eight hours of CPD per year for NHS staff with a stretch goal of twelve.
The CEO is accountable for delivery and the Senior Management Team oversees quarterly DPS reviews and annual statements. Evidence is maintained in our Social Value Tracker, including baselines, data sources, calculations, dashboards and links to supporting documents. Our whistleblowing channel, anti-retaliation commitment and remediation SLAs apply to all DPS activity and suppliers. This commitment forms part of our contractual approach with NHS Supply Chain and will be kept current with DPS guidance.
