Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

(asked on 11th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many items of personal protective equipment purchased since the start of the covid-19 outbreak have had to be disposed of because they do not meet safety standards for use in the UK.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 17th July 2020

An important customer alert was issued on 26 June regarding a product fault with some Cardinal Health Type IIR Masks.

Personal protective equipment (PPE) which has not met safety standards is currently being analysed and nothing has been disposed of yet.

All PPE procured from abroad that arrives at the Daventry warehouse is checked. If it is not CE marked then documents are sent to the United Kingdom regulators, the Health and Safety Executive and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, who agree to its release as the Market Surveillance Authorities for PPE and medical devices. Products are only released into the supply chain if the documents show the product is fit for its intended use.

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