Business segment information - Trading profit by business segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
6 Months Ended | |
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Jun. 27, 2026 |
Jun. 28, 2025 |
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| Segment trading profit | $ 600 | $ 551 |
| Corporate costs | (34) | (28) |
| Acquisition and disposal related items | (21) | (9) |
| Restructuring and rationalisation expenses | (23) | (8) |
| Amortisation and impairment of acquisition intangibles | (87) | (83) |
| Legal and other | 13 | 6 |
| Operating profit | 448 | 429 |
| Interest income | 10 | 15 |
| Interest expense | (65) | (69) |
| Other finance costs | (18) | (12) |
| Share of results of associates | 5 | (1) |
| Profit before taxation | 380 | 362 |
| Sports Medicine & ENT | ||
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| Segment trading profit | 251 | 213 |
| Advanced Wound Management | ||
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| Segment trading profit | 191 | 187 |
| Orthopaedics | ||
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| Segment trading profit | $ 158 | $ 151 |
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- Definition The amount of acquisition and disposal related costs recognised as an expense (income) for transactions that are recognised separately from the acquisition of assets and the assumption of liabilities in business combinations. No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of amortisation and impairment of acquisition intangibles. No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of corporate costs not allocated to operating segments. No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of expense relating to restructuring, including adjustments for associates. Restructuring is a programme that is planned and controlled by management and materially changes either the scope of a business undertaken by an entity or the manner in which that business is conducted. Such programmes include: (a) the sale or termination of a line of business; (b) closure of business locations in a country or region or the relocation of activities from one country or region to another; (c) changes in management structure; and (d) fundamental reorganisations that have a material effect on the nature and focus of the entity's operations. No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of legal fees paid or payable, and other expense (outside management's definition of trading profit). No definition available.
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- Definition The entity's share of the profit (loss), including impairment, of associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method. No definition available.
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- Definition The trading profit, management performance metric. No definition available.
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