Publication: Covid-19: Personal protective equipment

by Auditor General

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Longer-term approach needed to PPE planning.

The rise in PPE prices at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic increased costs for the body that provides support services to the NHS by over £37 million.

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Exhibit 1: PPE required to protect health and social care workers against Covid-19
Exhibit 1: PPE required to protect
Exhibit 2: Management of the pandemic stockpile
Exhibit 2: Management of the pandemic stockpile
Exhibit 4: Number of days of stock held centrally by NHS NSS, April 2020 - May 2021
Exhibit 4: Number of days of stock held
Exhibit 5: Routes to obtaining PPE during the pandemic
Exhibit 5: Routes to obtaining PPE
Exhibit 6: Cost of PPE shipped by NHS NSS, April 2019 to April 2021
Exhibit 6: Cost of PPE
Exhibit 7: Volume of PPE distributed and unit cost, before and during the pandemic
Exhibit 7: Volume of PPE
Exhibit 8: Procurement risks. Twenty nine contracts with £98 million were awarded to new suppliers with no competition
Exhibit 8: Procurement risks