Ministers ‘must be open with NHS about PPE shortages’
Top hospital boss says frankness is only way to help service, even if opponents ‘weaponise’ admission
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Ministers must admit when the NHS is heading for shortages of personal protective equipment for staff, even if opponents “weaponise” such openness, an influential hospital boss is urging.
Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, wants the government to start alerting health service trusts when they are about to face a lack of equipment such as the ongoing dearth of gowns and visors that frontline staff need to repel Covid-19.
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