Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, has refused to extend a VAT holiday on personal protective equipment, with Labour describing the move as a “mask tax”. The
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Drones to carry PPE between hospitals after UK Space Agency provides funding
Drones carrying PPE and coronavirus test kits will soon transport the supplies between NHS hospitals after receiving backing from the UK Space Agency. Apian, which
PPE littering is a growing problem, say councils, warning it could be spreading infection
Litter from personal protective equipment is becoming a growing problem, councils have said, warning it could be spreading infections. Almost half of the 187 councils
Disposable PPE can be converted into fuel rather than being sent to landfill, review finds
A review of existing evidence has concluded that the threat to the environment posed by billions of plastic-based masks, gloves and gowns used during the
BAME doctors twice as likely as white colleagues to be sent onto wards without adequate PPE
Doctors from black and ethnic minorities are twice as likely as white medics to be sent on the ward without Personal Protective Equipment, a major
Government accused of wasting taxpayers’ money paying over odds for PPE from China
Ministers have been accused of paying over the odds for personal protective equipment (PPE) after rejecting an offer from a British business to supply surgical
How an emailed offer of help from a Turkish T-shirt salesman led to a PPE fiasco
Exactly what happened next is unclear. According to sources, UK officials in Turkey did check the boxes of gowns supplied by Selegna to make sure
Labour MP Nadia Whittome claims she was sacked as carer for speaking out about lack of PPE
She added: “I can survive being effectively sacked for speaking out because I have another income. “But for so many people in social care –
Gowns in delayed PPE shipment from Turkey impounded after failing to meet standards
The gear was taken off the transport planes and transported to a giant warehouse. When inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive examined the gowns,
Almost half of Britain’s doctors have had to buy their own PPE
Dr Nagpaul said: “The Government has five tests it has said must be met to ease lockdown – the first of which is ‘making sure
