PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dental Services: Protective Clothing (18 May 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that dental practices are provided with adequate personal protective equipment.
Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)
Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)
Answer
Dentists normally purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) through dental wholesale suppliers. However, for PPE which is needed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has made supplies available free of charge for National Health Service dental contractors. A dedicated PPE portal has been developed to deliver these items. As of 4tNovember, over 5,100 NHS dental and orthodontic providers in England have registered with the PPE portal and over 36 million items have been delivered.
Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
18 November 2020
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