Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) paramedics, (b) ambulance technicians, (c) A&E medical staff and (d) ICU and ITU medical staff have not yet received protective equipment and fitted masks to enable them to safely treat patients diagnosed with or showing symptoms of covid-19; and what steps he is taking to make more protective equipment available to such staff.

All guidance is published on GOV.UK and standard operating procedures are published on NHS England and NHS Improvement’s website. Guidance is also available to healthcare professionals on NHS England and NHS Improvement’s website, with specific guidance for those in primary care, secondary care, community based health and social care and ambulance services. This includes information on Personal Protective Equipment as well as infection prevention and control guidance. More information can be found at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/872745/Infection_prevention_and_control_guidance_for_pandemic_coronavirus.pdf