Stop spouting the usual misinformation

If it bothers you, check it.

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Those I have checked barely claim anything

It remains to be seen but as these funds are available until next March and come with a relaxation of the evidence required for purchases it seems possible they’ll claim a chunk.

Presumably a shredder will be item one.

I agree..

Watching the BBC lunchtime news a couple of days ago and the newsreader was interviewing a doctor about PPE shortages and she didn't seem to like his response that there weren't any shortages in his area and kept on and on about alleged shortages without getting the response that she obviously wanted to hear.

The government receive a lot of criticism for the lack of PPE mainly whipped up by the media yet Matt Hancock isn't the purchasing manager for the NHS as they have their own huge and inefficient department to handle that but they have received no criticism at all.

A friend of mine runs a sourcing company in China and he has been sourcing equipment for NHS for years yet whenever he sources medical equipment he doesn't get any reply.

He sourced 300 ventilators which he offered to NHS but after waiting 4 days without any response at all he offered them to Portugal who bought them all within hours.

There are rumours that some in the NHS purchasing departments are trying their hardest to deflect the blame from their own inefficiencies by blaming the government for everything whereas a lot of the shortages are down to themselves.

Hopefully a full review of NHS purchasing practices will take place after this is all over as it doesn't appear to be fit for purpose

As per my last post why is that the Government's fault.

An NHS boss has warned the number of protective gowns available to front-line staff in parts of the country has become "critically low" in recent days.

Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers in England, has called for a "more sustainable supply" of gowns, which are imported from China.

Who is he warning as it's his own employer who is supposed to be buying the equipment as per their own website:-

NHS Supply Chain manages the sourcing, delivery and supply of healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

Managing more than 4.5 million orders per year, across 94,000 order points and 15,000 locations, NHS Supply Chain systems consolidate orders from over 800 suppliers, saving trusts time and money and removing duplication of overlapping contracts.

I agree with most of this post does anyone seriously believe Matt Hancock is ordering PPE? It's somebody's job to do that and I would like to hear from them. Where I do hold the government to account is the overall procurement process which I suspect is complex and cumbersome.

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