Clinical Waste Services for Cheshire and Merseyside Cluster

Clinical Waste Services including the collection, storage, transportation and final disposal of clinical waste, including but not limited to: healthcare waste, infectious waste, pathological waste,

pharmaceutical waste, offensive/hygiene waste, hazardous and non-hazardous healthcare waste for NHS Trusts within the Cheshire and Merseyside region:

(A) Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

(B) East Cheshire NHS Trust

(C) Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust

(D) Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

(E) Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

(F) Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

(G) The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust

(H) Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

(I) The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

(J) Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

(K) Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

TERMS AND CONDITIONS/ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and conditions of this framework agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this framework agreement, The management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.

Clinical Waste will be described within the following categories: Hazardous Waste, Pharmaceutical Waste

and Sharps Waste.

Clinical Waste is defined as: "...any waste which consists wholly or partly of human or animal

tissue, blood or other body fluids, excretions, drugs or other pharmaceutical products, swabs or

dressings, syringes, needles or other sharp instruments, being waste which unless rendered safe,

may prove hazardous to any person coming into contact with it; and any other waste arising from

medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, pharmaceutical or similar practice, investigation, treatment,

care, teaching or research, or the collection of blood for transfusion, being waste which may cause

infection to any person coming into contact with it."

Clauses 4.7 and 4.8, Environment and Sustainability Health Technical Memorandum 07-01: Safe

management of healthcare waste.

Additional information:

The Participating Authorities' to whom the use of this Contract will include:

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

East Cheshire NHS Trust

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust

Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

and parties who have the relevant Participating Authorities' permission using that site from time to time for the final disposal of clinical waste.