AQW 8321/17-22

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 07/10/2020
Answered On Date: 26/10/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the adequacy of current stocks of Personal Protective Equipment for a potential winter surge of COVID-19 infections.

Answer:

Led by my Department, the Business Services Organisation with the support of other government Departments and agencies has undertaken significant work to ensure reliable and sustainable PPE supply chains are in place now and in preparation for a surge of Covid-19.

Strong supply lines have been established for core PPE products with currently in excess of 350 million items of PPE in stock across Trusts and in central storage.