Question follow-through · 4475

Clinical Waste: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues on the incineration of medical waste in the East of England.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 5 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 10 Sept 2024
Answer: 10 Sept 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

5 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues on the incineration of medical waste in the East of England.
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Department does not currently hold this information. However, the national guidance for the National Health Service’s clinical waste strategy is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-clinical-waste-strategy/Organisat...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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