Suppliers tell of frustrations in attempt to supply equipment in lead-up to coronavirus pandemic
The government failed to act on warnings that there would be a shortage of PPE equipment in the weeks before the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, a major medical equipment supplier has told MPs.
At a hearing of the public accounts committee, the head of one of the UK’s largest PPE firms also criticised the government’s “VIP lane”, saying he was unaware it existed.
