NHS needs more gowns, MP admits amid lack of PPE for frontline staff

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NHS needs more gowns, MP admits amid lack of PPE for frontline staff
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As nurses without personal protective equipment told they can refuse to treat patients

, the new Labour leader, said it would be"smart" of the government to acknowledge their ambitions for the supply of PPE have not been matched, adding:"And probably just to apologise for that and get on with it.

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