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NHS waste is a pet of mine, my wife was a Finance director in one trust. The waste was biblical and aids of all types were just given out and never collected. There seemed to be no checks on who got what and no follow up to recover. Yes on certain item there is a data issue yet wheel chairs walking frames are easily sanitised, they are when kept in the hospital. The big problem is in the scale of things managers see this as trivial, but it isn't. I would charge a deposit on all things and then at least if not returned we get part of the cost back. Some of the specialist beds that people get given to die at home cost thousands, but it is just a bed!. As for the other bits you mentioned, in Bristol we used to have a huge incinerator plant that generated heat that was pumped into local homes but that was closed down by the council as it became infested with tree huggers. Up the road Gloucester has just opened an new one which burns anything that is not easily recycled and generates electric in a very clean manner. We need more of these then the ash used in landfill without the ludicrous tax that we currently have

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Afternoon all. I am helping to dispose of/recycle where possible some items and I have reached my level of what the devil... There are 2 walking frames to be returned BUT neither the local hospitals nor Age UK will take them, and I understand there is a health and safety question. But they can be assessed, surely... They are brand new with less than 1 hours use on either of them. I am told by the NHS and Age UK to scrap them. I don't want to because it's a waste (more on waste in a minute). There is also a whole load of VHS video tapes. The cardboard sleeves are easy enough but again I don't want to put the tapes into general waste/landfill. Any suggestions? Now, the waste thing... As well as the two walking frames the other "big ticket" item is a pacemaker monitor. It was given to the individual so that the cardiac team can download data about the patient. Amazing. Less amazing (what the devil 1) is that now it is no longer required the advice is to put it in the electrical recycling. Then (what the devil 2) the advice is that the monitor is "hard coded" to the serial number of the pacemaker and cannot be reprogrammed. Contradicts the next point but I have my doubts about that what the devil 3, it costs more to re-programme than buy a new one. So is it or is it not re-programmable? The reasoning is that because the device is "linked to the patient" there is a patient confidentiality question. I believe that this is something that could be mitigated fairly easily. Bottom line is, this is for me, almost an unforgiveable waste of our money and I am sure it is the tip of the iceberg. I support our doctors and nurses of course and speaking personally have had nothing but the best treatment when I have needed it. But if it is being run/managed this way then I am now starting to have some sympathy for the government when trying to reign in NHS costs. I do appreciate that somewhere down the line the people that make policy may well be profiting from it (don't get me started) but even so, if we (UK PLC) want to reduce emissions and be more green and all that, then NHS waste needs to be brought in to much MUCH sharper focus, and right now 'cos I am betting it is a significant contributor to our overall emissions count... And breathe...

Hi mate, It's just a cheapo one that the rear corners have been cut away to aid fitment. If I'm honest it's not ideal. It works fine in my 1996 SE, however the turbo seats' harnesses are higher, so I'm going to buy a high backed booster seat and make the same adjustments

@Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO I'll have a tootle over from Worcester if the weather holds

…maybe not. I can take a hint.

In the end, the box didn’t contain bees but it did have a dictaphone with a recording of bees buzzing, connected to a inertia switch so that when you did shake it, it would make the buzzing noise. 😂