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COVID-19: RCP seeks government reassurance staff have equipment they need

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care raising significant concerns over shortages of PPE.

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care raising significant concerns over shortages of PPE (personal protective equipment) putting at risk the health for staff caring for COVID-19 patients, and over a lack of priority testing for NHS workers leading to healthy staff having to stay home while their colleagues struggle. The letter to Matt Hancock from RCP president Professor Andrew Goddard and RCP Registrar Professor Donal O’Donoghue states that they are getting reports from across the country that staff either don’t have appropriate PPE or that it is being rationed.

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