NHS: Protective Clothing
(asked on 6th January 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason there is a shortage of scrubs in hospitals and vaccination clinics; and who holds the contracts for scrubs provision.
This question was answered on 14th January 2021
NHS Supply Chain are the main provider of consumables and equipment into the National Health Service, which includes scrubs. It contracts with 14 suppliers on a framework contract to supply scrubs to NHS trusts. NHS Supply Chain report that none of their suppliers have received large scale enquiries which they are unable to fulfil and that all orders can be fulfilled within reasonable lead times.