Well, it’s an update that isn’t an update!  Is that an undate?

The Department of Health have given an assurance that this ‘new version’ of HTM 07-01 contains no substantive change from the earlier version. There are no technical changes from Safe Management of Healthcare Waste Version 2.0. It has just been published in a clearer PDF format, with a lot less white space.

The version you should be using can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-the-safe-management-of-healthcare-waste. However, if you have a printed version of Safe Management of Healthcare Waste this will have the same content so it will not be necessary to reprint.

In the short term the link above is to the most current version. There really are no changes to the core content other than figures are now embedded in the text and there is a new executive summary, though it does look and feel quite different as the formatting has changed significantly.

So, how much did that cost?