To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to requisition medical ventilators from British cruise ships and make them available for use by the NHS to treat COVID-19.
Answered on
7 April 2020
The National Health Service currently has 8,175 ventilators and is working with British industry to produce 30,000 more in a matter of weeks. There are currently no plans to requisition ventilators from British cruise ships.
Answered by
Department of Health and Social Care