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Protective Clothing: Storage

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 4 December 2024UIN 16678

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 13915 on Protective Clothing: Storage, if he will publish a breakdown of where personal protective equipment that is unsuitable for NHS use is stored.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Since April 2022, operational management of pandemic era personal protective equipment (PPE) has been carried out by the NHS Supply Chain. They report that PPE considered unsuitable for use in the National Health Service is currently held at the following locations prior to exit from the system, as per data from the end of November 2024:

  • containerised stock is currently in Hartlepool and Tadcaster; and
  • palletised stock is currently held in Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire.

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