The boss of the firm at the centre of the NHS clinical waste scandal has hit back against claims of mismanagement. Garry Pettigrew, managing director of Healthcare Environmental Services ...

A firm has been stripped of NHS contracts after hundreds of tonnes of clinical waste from hospitals was allowed to pile up at its sites. Health Minister Stephen Barclay said new arrangements have ...

The NHS will launch a drive to ensure crutches get reused as part of a crackdown on waste. On Wednesday, ministers will pledge to stop tens of millions of items being thrown away in order to save ...

It's emerged that a private company contracted by the NHS has been allowing medical waste to build up at its disposal sites. Healthcare Environment Services (HES) collects around 584 tonnes of ...

The corporate services provider of the NHS has partnered with numerous Trusts to implement a new recycling and waste management framework to improve disposal methods for clinical waste, in a bid to ...

The aims of its new clinical waste strategy could save the National Health System (NHS) approximately £11 million annually as well as reduce its carbon emissions from waste by approximately 30%. It is ...

Not only does this demonstrate an appalling lack of planning, say experts, but it's an enormous waste of NHS money. How has this situation arisen? Just three years ago, staffing shortages in the ...