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This request concerns the recycling of medical aids by your hospital trust.
1) Please confirm whether your trust recycles medical aids (such as crutches, wheelchairs etc.) for reuse by other patients.
2) Is yes, please provide information on the number of medical aids that were recycled in the 2016 calendar year, broken down by the type of medical aid recycled.
3)
a) Please provide a copy of your trust’s current guidance on recycling medical aids.
b) Please also provide a copy of your trust’s guidance on the recycling of medical aids returned to your trust from other NHS authorities.
c) If you do not have an exact ‘copy’ of this guidance, can you please provide a description of the policies requested in 3a) and 3b)
4) If you do not currently recycle medical aids, please provide a copy of your trust’s guidance on why you do not recycle medical aids, or the minutes of the meeting at which it was decided that your trust would not recycle medical aids. 5) If you do not currently recycle medical aids, please provide all information held concerning current or future trials of this policy within your trust.

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