Revealed: NHS procurement official privately selling PPE amid Covid-19 outbreak
by Harry Davies and Simon Goodley from on (#52XD4)
NHS launches inquiry after Guardian investigation exposes senior official trading protective gear amid pandemic
A head of procurement for the NHS has set up a business to profit from the private sale of huge quantities of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, an undercover investigation by the Guardian can reveal.
David Singleton, 42, a senior NHS official in London who has been working at the capital's Covid-19 Nightingale hospital, launched the business two weeks ago to trade in visors, masks and gowns.
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