The armed forces are being drafted in to help manage and distribute supplies to frontline NHS staff battling the coronavirus pandemic.
Hospital trusts have been told they will be receiving deliveries of personal protective equipment (PPE) around the clock with the army being brought in to support the supply chain.
NHS England said "millions more items" of PPE had been delivered over the last few days to hospitals, ambulance trusts and care homes among others.
It follows a letter in the Sunday Times from almost 4,000 NHS workers who called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to "protect the lives of the life-savers" and resolve the "unacceptable" shortage of protective equipment.