Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

(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, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff receive adequate (a) information and (b) training on the safe use of personal protective equipment.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 29th May 2020

Since the outbreak began, we have delivered over 1 billion items of personal protective equipment (PPE) across the health and social care system within England, plus tens of millions more will have been distributed by the devolved administrations. We are now providing essential PPE supplies to 58,000 different providers. Every single National Health Service trust has now had a PPE delivery.

The full weight of the Government is behind this effort and we are working closely with industry, social care providers, the NHS, NHS Supply Chain and the army so all NHS and care staff have the protection they need.

The United Kingdom Government has published clear guidance on appropriate PPE for health and care workers based upon clinical expertise. Our guidance is consistent with World Health Organization guidance for protecting health and social care workers from COVID-19.

Guidance, including videos, on the use of PPE for aerosol generating procedures is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-use-for-aerosol-generating-procedures

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