personal protective equipment.
paul durrands asked the bbc
to put him in contact
with the fashion company burberry,
which has switched production
to make ppe for health care workers.
the health secretary has admitted
that the uk is running low on gowns
for medical staff but says another
55,000 are due to
arrive later today.
simon browning reports.
it is situation critical. nhs
hospitals are
running out of vital gowns to
protect staff and patients.
yesterday, one nhs doctor contacted
me to say the situation was so bad
at his hospitals that are connected
directly to the fact that gowns. i
saw on the website that the
manufacturing gowns, and my local
health care system is very short of
gowns. i wanted to get a name and a
contact, so to see if you had a name
of someone i could talk to to get
some gowns. paul durrands is a
specialist in ppe. he has worked in
government setting up supply chains