NHS: Medical Equipment
(asked on 21st April 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Public Health England is responsible for emergency stocks for all NHS England facilities.
This question was answered on 29th May 2020
National Health Service trusts are responsible for buying personal protective equipment. They can source this from the NHS Supply Chain or other sources.
Public Health England is responsible for the emergency stockpile of personal protective equipment for the NHS in England.