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NHS: Medical Equipment

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 38399, tabled on 21 April 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Public Health England is responsible for emergency stocks for all NHS England facilities.

Answered on

29 May 2020

National Health Service trusts are responsible for buying personal protective equipment. They can source this from the NHS Supply Chain or other sources.

Public Health England is responsible for the emergency stockpile of personal protective equipment for the NHS in England.