Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to purchase personal protection equipment for all medical, nursing and health care workers; and what consideration they have given to purchasing such equipment from Randox Laboratories.
The Government’s Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) plan was published on 10 April 2020 and can be found online at GOV.UK.
As “Strand 3 - Future Supply” of the Government’s PPE Plan details, we have set up a cross-Government PPE sourcing unit to secure new supply lines from across the world and a call to industry has been issued to companies at home to manufacture and supply additional PPE at scale.
We welcome support from other manufacturers who wish to offer their production facilities where they can meet the required specifications for use by the National Health Service and care sector. New offers can continue to be made online via GOV.UK at ‘Offer coronavirus (COVID-19) support from your business’.