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Millions of pieces of vital protective equipment are being shipped from British warehouses to Germany, Spain and Italy despite severe shortages in this country, The Telegraph can disclose.
Lorries are being packed with masks, respirators and other PPE kit before heading back to supply hospitals in the EU, it has emerged.
On Monday night, UK firms said they had “no choice” but to keep selling the lifesaving gear abroad because their offers of help had been repeatedly ignored by the Government.
It comes as the Government faces growing criticism over the PPE crisis with hospitals close to running out of critical equipment, and doctors forced to choose between exposing themselves to the virus or “letting a patient die on their watch”.
On Sunday, 12 million pieces of PPE were delivered to the health care sector, down from 33 million less than a fortnight ago.
Ministers have insisted that the shortage of PPE has been caused by global supply issues as nations scramble to source reusable gear from factories in China. Former London Olympics chief Lord Deighton has been brought in to boost PPE production in this country. A much-needed shipment of 140,000 gowns arrived from Myanmar on Monday.
However, UK wholesalers revealed that their warehouses were already full of millions of pieces of PPE bought from China which were now being delivered every day to EU countries for use by frontline health workers.
Three lorries registered in Italy arrived on Monday at a warehouse owned by Veenak International, a Birmingham-based pharmaceutical wholesaler, where they took delivery of 750,000 surgical masks before heading back across the Channel.
Last week alone the firm packed five million surgical masks, more than a million FFP2 respirators and more than half a million FFP3 respirators stored inside three warehouses in Birmingham and outside Heathrow Airport on to lorries registered in the EU, a source revealed.
The company, which distributes pharmaceutical products across the UK and Europe, buys PPE from factories in China and takes a new delivery every week. Currently it has millions of pounds' worth of PPE sitting in its warehouses, sources said.
How inept is this Government ....
Lorries are being packed with masks, respirators and other PPE kit before heading back to supply hospitals in the EU, it has emerged.
On Monday night, UK firms said they had “no choice” but to keep selling the lifesaving gear abroad because their offers of help had been repeatedly ignored by the Government.
It comes as the Government faces growing criticism over the PPE crisis with hospitals close to running out of critical equipment, and doctors forced to choose between exposing themselves to the virus or “letting a patient die on their watch”.
On Sunday, 12 million pieces of PPE were delivered to the health care sector, down from 33 million less than a fortnight ago.
Ministers have insisted that the shortage of PPE has been caused by global supply issues as nations scramble to source reusable gear from factories in China. Former London Olympics chief Lord Deighton has been brought in to boost PPE production in this country. A much-needed shipment of 140,000 gowns arrived from Myanmar on Monday.
However, UK wholesalers revealed that their warehouses were already full of millions of pieces of PPE bought from China which were now being delivered every day to EU countries for use by frontline health workers.
Three lorries registered in Italy arrived on Monday at a warehouse owned by Veenak International, a Birmingham-based pharmaceutical wholesaler, where they took delivery of 750,000 surgical masks before heading back across the Channel.
Last week alone the firm packed five million surgical masks, more than a million FFP2 respirators and more than half a million FFP3 respirators stored inside three warehouses in Birmingham and outside Heathrow Airport on to lorries registered in the EU, a source revealed.
The company, which distributes pharmaceutical products across the UK and Europe, buys PPE from factories in China and takes a new delivery every week. Currently it has millions of pounds' worth of PPE sitting in its warehouses, sources said.
How inept is this Government ....
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Asbestos removing wouldn’t go near that **** unless in full ppe
Capt Tom million’s ain’t doing bollox for ppe that’s what nhs Workers need, its just filling the black hole called nhs NHS them them bollox go on strike fed up with it every day Where the Unions gone ?? not seen any of them **** champion nhs over ppe to government |