- UK wasted £9.9 billion on Covid PPE, finds inquiry; stockpile, procurement flaws flagged Times Of India —
- Covid PPE procurement saw ‘vast’ £10 billion waste, inquiry finds The Standard —
- Johnson government wasted ‘vast’ sums on PPE, Covid inquiry finds The Guardian —
- Nearly £10bn of taxpayers' money spent on PPE was wasted, COVID inquiry finds 📹 Sky News — · 2min
- UK ‘wasted’ nearly £10bn on PPE during pandemic, inquiry finds Financial Times —
- Wales didn’t have a single specialist mask in its stockpile when Covid struck Inbox Nation.Cymru —
- Covid inquiry PPE report - key findings BBC News —
- UK wasted almost £10bn on unusable PPE during Covid as inquiry condemns 'VIP lane' Lancs Live —
- Majority of £15billion spent on PPE during Covid pandemic was a waste, inquiry concludes, with 'vast' amounts of taxpayer money squandered Daily Mail —
- UK Wasted £10 Billion on Covid Gear in Pandemic, Review Finds Bloomberg —
- PPE failures left NHS staff poorly protected and wasted billions, Covid inquiry finds BBC News —
Personal protective equipment
Protective clothing or equipment designed to help protect an individual from injury, Noise, infection, or other hazards
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, electrical, heat, chemical, biohazards, and airborne particulate matter. Protective equipment may be worn for job-related occupational safety and health purposes, as well as for sports and other recreational activities. Protective clothing is applied to traditional categories of clothing, and protective gear applies to items such as pads, guards, shields, or masks, and others. PPE suits can be similar in appearance to a cleanroom suit.
Also known as...
PPE, protective clothing, protective gear, safety gear, and masks