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RAF picking up PPE from Turkey tonight - so they say...

And that will just be 3 days' worth.  And the staff won't have to change the single use stuff so often!  They can wash it several times!  Another Govt reduction in standards.  Why on earth aren't we sourcing it here from people who are currently unable to work but who could do this - and who have offered?

Philippa Bond ● 2395d18 Comments

sounds like there were companies in the UK offering to provide PPE but they couldnt get a response from the UK gov so they sent it overseas.facepalmhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8238617/UK-company-tried-help-NHS-faced-five-weeks-frustration-red-tape.html

Matt Palmer ● 2395d

I saw on the lunchtime news there are seamstresses and costume makers, etc, sewing PPE from home to help with the effort for the NHS.  Very laudable and wonderful of them, but has it really come to this??  What with Capt Tom and now home sewing PPE, it's so wonderful to see ordinary people trying to pick up the slack the Govt haven't been able to do.

Bunny Payne ● 2394d

Coronavirus: UK only formally asked Turkey for PPE shipment help on Sunday - after telling Britons it was on its way.https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-uk-only-formally-asked-turkey-for-ppe-shipment-after-it-said-it-was-already-on-its-way-11976238

Ed Robinson ● 2394d

Exclusive: Millions of pieces of PPE being shipped from Britain to Europe despite NHS shortageshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/20/exclusivemillions-pieces-ppe-shipped-britain-europe-despite/

Ed Robinson ● 2394d

What!!!???

Bunny Payne ● 2394d

The problem at the Turkish end is that they have an escalating epidemic too and have banned all exports of medical equipment. The Italians got some but only after their PM called the Turkish President.  Is our PM on the case here?

Jonathan Callaway ● 2394d

I don't believe they are just picking up the slack.  There are companies eg those Hull tailors but also a curtains and blind company plus others who are unable to work at the moment here but who have the expertise to do this.  How it could be so complicated to deal with them when the option is to leave our medical and care staff under-protected from such a very infectious disease is beyond belief.

Philippa Bond ● 2394d

Tory lies! They just can't help it!  To start with, anyone would have sympathy for a government caught up in this awful crisis, but the least the public deserves is honesty and truth. But this seems to be something this Tory government can't manage, even over how many tests and how many aprons, let alone how many deaths.  But guess it was lies that got them elected.

Peter Evans ● 2394d

Delayed RAF plane lands in UK with HALF the PPE promised because it was too SMALL to carry full 84-tons... meaning they have to send more flights - as it emerges Ministers ignored offers of 16m masks last monthhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8243479/RAF-plane-flying-desperately-PPE-FINALLY-leaves-Turkish-airport-UK-coronavirus-battle.html

Ed Robinson ● 2394d

More details on Sky News.https://news.sky.com/story/amp/coronavirus-plane-carrying-protective-equipment-for-health-workers-finally-arrives-from-turkey-11976823

Ed Robinson ● 2394d

Saw that there are theatre costume makers in Manchester sewing scrubs I think for hospital staff.  It seems a much better idea to be sourcing here from all the people unable to carry out their usual jobs who are perfectly able to produce them.

Philippa Bond ● 2393d

It's the short life/single use fluid repellent gowns which are in such short supply but the supply of scrubs which are worn underneath are now being increased in number:https://www.royalexchange.co.uk/from-theatrical-costumes-to-nhs-scrubs  Re-thinking the ordering of supplies when the rest of the world also needs them is vital.

Philippa Bond ● 2393d

http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conparishactionsscrubs002.htmSouth London Scrubs.  Great news and great article on the front page.  Well done!

Philippa Bond ● 2391d

Interesting Panorama tonight.  What a betrayal of our NHS.  If you didn't see it watch it again.

Philippa Bond ● 2388d

Switched off when the shouty man came on. Same when he was on question time a couple of months back.

Andy Pike ● 2388d

Well it's no good for us sticking our heads in the sand.Here's a new respirator hood being used in Southampton:https://www.itv.com/news/2020-04-23/hospital-first-to-widely-use-new-respirator-hoods-to-protect-covid-19-medics/

Philippa Bond ● 2388d

Science isn't science unless it is published - why all the secrecy?Looks like a cover up - if true it's cost lives and killed the economy.

Ed Robinson ● 2388d

Yes, and there we are so critical of China!

Philippa Bond ● 2388d