Desperate medics battling Covid-19 say they are cutting up hospital curtains to make gowns and using bits of plastic as makeshift masks due to kit shortages.
Damning accounts from the front line also tell of hospital staff raiding cupboards to re-use old theatre scrubs. It came as London hospitals were warned not to expect gown deliveries for at least the next few days – and after three nurses who had posted a snap of themselves working in bin bags reportedly tested positive for the virus.
Mr Hancock tried to tackle the row unveiling a “three-strand plan” to end the personal protective equipment crisis – which includes a “Herculean logistical effort”.