Key items of PPE came within eight hours of running out in Scotland, report says
of PPE contracts awardedThe report went on to say that 78 contracts worth £340m were awarded to companies providing PPE between March 2020 and June 2021.NHS NSS distributed 1.1 billion items of PPE between March 2020 and April 2021.
Stephen Boyle, auditor general for Scotland, said: "The Scottish government and NHS National Services Scotland worked well together under extremely challenging circumstances to set up new arrangements for the supply and distribution of PPE to health and social care settings. Scottish Conservative health spokeswoman Annie Wells said: "This Audit Scotland report once again exposes the reality of PPE shortages in Scotland at the height of the pandemic.
"Our national procurement teams worked 24/7 to overcome unprecedented global demand and the collapse of international supply chains," she said.
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