Her comments come after the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) found that half of nurses surveyed were being asked to reuse PPE. The RCN wrote to the Department of Health after Public Health England ...

Concerns have been raised that updated government guidance on personal protective equipment (PPE) could put hospital staff and patients at risk. Healthcare workers have been advised to reuse gowns ...

Mr Poolman said: “The inadequacy of PPE was staggering. Members of staff used to reuse PPE that wasn’t designed to be reused.” The inquiry heard that pre-pandemic, there were 6,000 nursing ...