Biography

Dr Chris Mashall is an anaesthetist with a special interest in sustainable healthcare.

He has been a consultant in Worthing Hospital for 12 years, having trained originally at Guy’s and St.Thomas’ hospitals and across the South East.

Chris has recently been appointed as clinical green lead for the Worthing, Southlands and St Richard’s side of the Trust and also have special interests in Difficult Airway, Paediatric, and Obstetric Anaesthesia.

He has previously held lead roles in Simulation and Paediatric Anaesthesia. Chris is an Instructor in both paediatric and adult advanced Life Support.

“As with many of us I think I’m a bit late to the party when it comes to saving the planet. I am guilty of masterful inactivity following the urgent lessons on the ‘greenhouse effect’ at school in the eighties, and sadly this mirrors the behaviour of the vast majority of my generation.

My father was quite forward thinking and put solar panels on our roof in 1982, we grew our own veg and joined Greenpeace. Then I left home and joined in with the rest of our materialistic wasteful world for thirty years.

My family and I are making a better individual effort at home these days, the solar panels are back and we cycle everywhere, try not to fly, grow some of own our veg and eat less meat, but it is not enough! I am very keen to rally together and make some big institutional/societal noise and progress in our working environment. There is so much that needs to change and its great to be part of an institution that recognises that we have a key role to play in reaching net zero. Let’s get to it!”

Dr Chris Marshall