COVID PPE failures left healthcare workers and patients at risk – what lessons the government needs to learn for the future

Only around a third of the masks England held in its emergency stockpile were immediately usable during the pandemic. banjongseal324SS/ Shutterstock The latest report published as part of the COVID-19 inquiry has found the UK was not adequately prepared for a pandemic. The report, which looked at the procurement and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE), found the condition of the UK’s pre-pandemic PPE stockpiles were inadequate and had not been properly means-tested. The report…