clinical waste from hospitals since a scandal revealed a contractor was not storing material – including body parts – properly.Lanarkshire-based Healthcare Environmental Services (HES) lost its NHS contracts 18 months ago when it was revealed that waste was piling up at sites.Owner Garry Pettigrew blamed the lack of incineration facilities.
HES later ceased trading.In May last year, we revealed that taxpayers were being charged more than twice as much for medical waste to be removed from hospitals after the collapse of the firm.
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