COVID-19: How to obtain Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in an emergency

Written by admin on Friday 29th May 2020

An important community pharmacy briefing from NHS England and NHS Improvement South East Region. Please share this information with your pharmacy teams.

 

The NHS has established various escalation routes to obtain PPE if usual supply routes are unable to fulfil orders.

It must be stressed that the steps described are for emergency stocks only and should be used as a safety net and not as primary source of supply.

Please follow the steps described in the following briefing in sequence when sourcing PPE.

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