More than 84 tons of essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will arrive in the UK tomorrow, according to the government.
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said the shipment was due to arrive in the UK from Turkey on Sunday. It comes after medical chiefs raised strong concerns that some hospitals could run out entirely of certain PPE this weekend.
He said this shipment included 400,000 gowns – the supply of which NHS Providers, which represents hospital trusts, said on Saturday was now “critical”. “Supply in some areas, particularly gowns and certain types of masks and aprons, is in short supply at the moment, and that must be an extremely anxious time for people working on the front line,” Mr Jenrick said, “But they should