All questions are shown as received by the Trust.
Please provide information on the following:
1. Disposal of medicines
Please provide, for each of the past 5 calendar years, any available data on the quantity of medicines disposed of across the trust, because they had passed their expiry date.
2. Disposal of single-use medical supplies
Please share, for each of the past 5 calendar years, the estimated quantity and cost of single-use medical supplies that were disposed of without use, including the main causes for their non-utilisation (e.g., expiry, packaging damage).
3. Impact of overordering or over stocking on waste
Please provide, for each of the past 5 calendar years, any internal assessments or audits regarding the impact of overordering or overstocking on waste levels across the Trust, including details of corrective actions taken to minimise waste from excess inventory.