Mental Health Services: Protective Clothing

(asked on 19th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on the (a) provision and (b) use of personal protective equipment in mental health services that are commissioned by the NHS and delivered by third-sector providers.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 3rd June 2020

The Government launched its three-strand plan for the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) on 10 April. There is a specific section on social care which can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe-plan

The guidance on PPE is part of ‘COVID-19: infection prevention and control’ guidance and includes mental health services. This is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control

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