Decision details
PROPOSAL FOR CLINICAL WASTE COLLECTIONS
PDF 15 KBDecision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To determine the most appropriate provision of domestic clinical waste collections in Huntingdonshire following the withdrawal of funding for current arrangements by NHS England in the East of England.
Decision:
The Cabinet has evaluated the options based on patient benefits, cost, risk and impact and endorsed the Pharmacy Model (free to patient) with Charged Household Collections as the option to provide a sharps clinical waste and disposal service in the District.
Reasons for the decision:
The report sets out the options and costs left to HDC to manage its responsibilities under the Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 (CWR) and the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA) whereby Waste Collection Authorities were made responsible for ensuring collections of clinical waste from householders and self-treating patients on request.
Alternative options considered:
As outlined in report.
Resource Implications:
As outlined in report.
Publication date: 22/03/2019
Date of decision: 21/03/2019
Decided at meeting: 21/03/2019 - Cabinet
Effective from: 30/03/2019
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