Any on injections?

[Chelyanne]

My consultant put me on blood thinners last week, they come in little individual bottles rather than with a big yellow sharps box.

Just wondered how others have got on with places taking used ones for disposal?

I have to order my sharp bin from my gp on prescription, my consultant said they couldn't give me them. But GP has been giving me them.

Also in Northern Ireland we have sharp bins around our towns were you can dispose of old medicines etc im not sure if the rest of the UK has them but something to look in2 to dispose of the needles. It's complete safe it's a police initiative with a charity and there secure nobody can get in2 them only the police who empty them.

My local pharmacy sells sharps bins for a few quid so I collect one with my prescription

They used to take full ones back but have stopped that now

But my council offers a ‘special waste’ collection service which includes Sharps bins - it might be worth checking if yours does too

You have to pre-book it on a website and then leave the sharps bins with your normal bins on bin day

Thanks

Looks like I may have to go to the household waste recycling centre to dispose of them going off my councils website. I will check with the GP if there is somewhere closer to dispose of them when I get my next batch. Didn't think to ask the consultants as I'd already been there over 3hrs before I saw them, too eager to get home.

Your GP surgery may dispose of them for you