Protective Clothing: Standards

(asked on 21st September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they check the Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) that is supplied to local resilience forumsĀ for quality prior to dispatch; and what (1) standards, and (2) safety, checks they have in place for centrally distributed PPE.


Answered by
Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 7th October 2020

Personal protective equipment (PPE) provided must be fit for purpose, meeting the necessary safety standards to ensure it provides the required level of protection. Our requirements and specification are clearly articulated and published in technical specifications.

Certification of PPE is supplied by the manufacturer having had it independently tested. Assurance is checked by the regulators, the Health and Safety Executive and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Evidence of certification is requested for products as part of the due diligence process. Contracts that involve the manufacture of PPE have the appropriate clauses to ensure that testing and certification is undertaken before the goods are accepted.

Our priority is to protect health and social care staff, including making sure they have the equipment they need to do their job safely.

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