Question follow-through · 87116
Food: Clinical Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the requirement to dispose of unused specialist invalid food products as medical waste on level of food waste.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 24 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
31 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the requirement to dispose of unused specialist invalid food products as medical waste on level of food waste.
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
Through the implementation of the NHS Clinical Waste Strategy and the National Standards for Healthcare Food and Drink, NHS England is actively working to reduce both clinical and food waste across the system. The Clinical Waste Strategy promotes appropri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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