Getty Images The Covid public inquiry will start four weeks of hearings on Monday, looking into the purchase and distribution of billions of pounds’ worth of medical equipment during the pandemic. In total, it’s thought £48bn was spent on personal protective equipment (PPE), the test-and-trace programme, hospital supplies and the vaccine rollout. Nearly 10% of … Read more
Getty Images Doug Barrowman, who led PPE Medpro, pictured alongside his wife Baroness Michelle Mone. The chair of the Covid inquiry has ruled that evidence related to PPE Medpro, the firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman, will be heard in a closed, private session next month. On 3 March, the … Read more
The NHS in England came within “six or seven hours” of running out of gowns and other protective equipment during the Covid pandemic, Matt Hancock has said. The former health secretary was giving evidence for the third time at the Covid inquiry, about the impact on healthcare systems. He stated there was never a “national … Read more
Mark Tilley Mark Tilley worked as an ambulance technician in south-east England through the first two waves of the pandemic Ambulance crews faced crucial delays trying to save dying patients in the pandemic because of the time it took to put on protective equipment, the Covid inquiry has been told. Ambulance technician Mark Tilley appeared … Read more
2 hours ago By Jon Ironmonger, BBC Investigations, Northamptonshire Getty Images A huge amount of Full Support Healthcare PPE was found in the New Forest last year About £1.4bn worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been destroyed or written off in what is understood to be the most wasteful government deal of the pandemic. Figures obtained … Read more
Baroness Mone said: “It’s appalling that over £9.1 billion was overordered, five years of stock, of PPE, when it only has a shelf life of two years. And all I will say, right now, is why are we not holding them to account, the [Department of Health]?” Source link
By Atul Rai The revolutionary impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly altered the landscape of every sector, disrupting age-old practices. The exponential reduction in human labour, combined with extraordinary improvements in accuracy, has ushered in a new paradigm in organisational processes. AI is on the brink of revolutionising healthcare, offering the potential to enhance … Read more
Chemical Intelligence won £162m of government contracts to supply personal protective equipment. Source link
He and a colleague, Prof Hywel Morgan, both later won an MBE for their work producing the respirator, but despite talks with Dyson, they decided not to patent their design. Instead they made it open source – publishing the design on the internet so that others could reproduce it in South Africa among other countries. … Read more
PPE Medpro won contracts to supply PPE after being recommended by then Tory peer Baroness Mone. Source link