Health and Social Services: Protective Clothing
(asked on 14th July 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quality of (1) masks, and (2) respirators, distributed to workers in health and social care settings since March from the stockpile established under the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness programme.
This question was answered on 4th August 2020
NHS Supply Chain and Public Health England have worked with manufacturers and/or independent testing houses to quality test masks and respirators held in the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Programme before issuing them to health and social care settings or to extend their shelf life.