PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Pharmacy: Hygiene (18 March 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that pharmacies have adequate stocks of hand sanitiser to meet demand.

Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)

Answer

The Department is working with wholesalers to ensure a longer-term supply of all aspects of personal protective equipment, including gloves, aprons, facemasks and hand sanitiser. For future personal protection equipment (PPE) requirements, health and social care providers should order PPE from their usual suppliers.


Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
26 March 2020

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