Shocking new pictures lay bare scale of NHS body parts scandal

Shocking new images showing mountains of clinical waste stockpiled in a disposal site reveal the true scale of the NHS body parts scandal. 

Tonnes of fluorescent orange and yellow bags stuffed with infectious waste were pictured spilling out of overflowing bins at Healthcare Environmental Services' (HES) base in Benton, North Tyneside. 

Fridges still sit full of human heads, torsos, arms and legs from surgical training in the city, according to a whistleblower at the troubled firm - although none of the fridges containing body parts have been pictured.

News of the scandal broke in October when HES was found to have hundreds of tonnes of clinical waste, including body parts, stockpiled at its sites. 

The firm was stripped of its contracts with NHS trusts because a watchdog investigation revealed it wasn't disposing of waste quickly enough. 

The images, sent in by the former employee at the Benton site as part of an investigation by The Chronicle, show bins filled to the brim with infectious waste, dangerous medicines used in cancer treatment and filthy needles. 

Pallets stand stacked on top of one another with waste collected over previous months ready to be incinerated.

HES lost its contracts with NHS Scotland and 17 NHS trusts in England but denied it was responsible for stockpiling body parts.

The English and Scottish health boards have now cancelled their contracts, causing the firm's collapse.





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