Medical Equipment: Imports

(asked on 9th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to expedite the import of essential medical products during the COVID-19 pandemic.


This question was answered on 15th June 2020

HM Government is working around the clock to ensure the NHS and our social care workers have the medical equipment to do their critical frontline work.

To achieve this, a cross-government sourcing effort has been undertaken to secure new supply lines of medical products from across the world.

As a result of the Department of International Trade’s work, purchase orders have now been raised by the Department for Health and Social Care for many billions of items globally from new suppliers including gloves, masks, and aprons.

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