Hi Gwyn
We have arranged for this service to be provided (in the past) by the local
NHS Trust. They provided supplies of clinical waste bags/boxes, and arranged
collection. The cost could not be met by the DSA as it is a cost that the
student would need regardless of whether they were in education or not. We
discovered that no cost is directly levied by the NHS Trust on the
individual if they are living in a private residence, but it becomes
commerical waste if the student is residing on the University campus. We
ended up being sent a bill on a monthly basis, that was absorbed within the
University as a necessary estates issue (in the same way that we pay for
having the Guide Dog run cleaned). Our GP practice and separate Occupational
Health service had their own arrangements already, we made ours separately,
at their request.
Hope this is useful.
Regards, Richard.
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Park, Swansea SA2 8PP.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gwyn L. Jones [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 01 November 2001 16:27
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Waste
>
> Dear all,
> We have an interesting query which I hope somebody might be able
> to offer us a solution too.
> We have a student who is disposing incontinence products into
> the personal hygiene bins which are provided in the en-suite
> section where the student is staying in. The bin is only a small
> one and residential services would like the student to have the
> proper (yellow bag) disposal service set up so they can be
> disposed of with no discomfort to anyone.
>
> Our questions are:
> who should pay for it?
> is there a better solution?
> anybody know of a similar situation?
>
> many thanks in advance
> gwyn
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