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A short thread about PPE
1/ About 8 weeks ago, we contacted our trusted suppliers and purchased high quality CE tested and marked Surgical masks and Face shields. Initially, we thought these may be used by our own staff, but as we moved into lockdown we found we didn’t need them.
1/ About 8 weeks ago, we contacted our trusted suppliers and purchased high quality CE tested and marked Surgical masks and Face shields. Initially, we thought these may be used by our own staff, but as we moved into lockdown we found we didn’t need them.
2/ We have thousands of excess pieces in stock here in the UK and so thinking there was a shortage we spoke to key customers a couple of weeks ago including Amazon, all refused to list the products. No reasons were given.
3/ Over the past 2 weeks there have been increasing stories of care homes without these basic essentials. Including reports on various news channels and in most newspapers. We began to contact these care homes.
4/ As of today, even though this stock is being offered at our cost, there are is no interest from care homes and still Amazon refuses to list them.
5/ one care home in Nottinghamshire, where nine residents are in isolation paid £9,000 for a consignment of masks at £2.74 each – five times the usual price – because government supplies were insufficient. No response to ours at 65p
7/ Liz Kendall, Labour MP for Leicester West, said about one in three care homes in her constituency still had no PPE on Friday - She hasn’t responded to me
8/ Peter Kyle, the MP for Hove – which has about 30 care homes - said facilities were effectively being “converted into hospices” because of a lack of protections. - He hasn’t responded to me either. (and I'm very nice)
9/ individuals, celebrities and even the Greater Manchester Police force are all sticking and sewing masks, for what reason?
