Billions have been 'splurged' on PPE some of which is now going to be burned, a committee of MPs says.
At the start of the pandemic, countries around the world were clamouring for PPE which sent prices soaring.
The committee says a further £4bn was lost because equipment, such as masks and gowns, did not meet NHS standards, was defective or not needed. The DoH insisted it did have a clear strategy for disposing of the items adding that it was using "a range of measures to manage excess stock of PPE" such as donating equipment to charities and transport agencies.The committee was critical of the department's overall provision of PPE at the start of the pandemic describing it as "haphazard" and noting that 24% of the PPE contracts awarded were now in dispute.
"In a desperate bid to catch up the government splurged huge amounts of money, paying obscenely inflated prices and payments to middlemen in a chaotic rush during which they chucked out even the most cursory due diligence."
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