The company tasked with solving Scotland's clinical waste crisis ... In May, Ms Freeman said hospital waste from Scotland was to be sent to Wrexham in Wales for disposal following the collapse ...

NSS has been in charge of the disposal of clinical waste since the collapse of Healthcare Environmental Services in December 2018. Hundreds of workers at the clinical waste firm were made redundant.

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A Scottish Government spokesman said: "Clinical waste disposal is an essential service for the NHS – without it the NHS could not operate. "The contracts for clinical waste disposal are between ...

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