Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions Public Health England has had with the Health and Safety Executive on development of its guidance on personal protective equipment for healthcare workers.

Public Health England discusses the personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance for healthcare workers with the Health and Safety Executive and other committee members as part of the decision making committee for PPE, chaired by Department. Advice has been sought from and agreed with the Health and Safety Executive in relation to type and specification for PPE required during the pandemic. These discussions are fed back to the UK-wide Infection Prevention Control Cell, who develop the PPE guidance for healthcare workers.