UK doctors finding it harder to get PPE kit to treat Covid-19 patients, research reveals
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from Science | The Guardian on (#52PYB)
Royal College of Physicians says NHS staff's lives are still at risk despite ministers' pledges
Doctors working in the riskiest areas of the UK's hospitals with Covid-19 patients are finding it harder to get protective kit, despite ministerial pledges to solve the problem, research reveals.
The Royal College of Physicians has condemned the apparently worsening availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) as "truly terrible" and warned that frontline staff's lives are at risk as a result.
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