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Wales Online
Health
Mark Smith

Doctors and nurses criticise Welsh Government for not providing same level of PPE as England

NHS staff in Wales are being placed at an "unacceptable risk" of Covid infection due to lack of suitable PPE, doctors and nurses have warned.

The British Medical Association (BMA) in Wales claims that frontline workers are expected to "make do" with inadequate protection despite their pleas to the Welsh Government to improve access to certain types of masks.

In a joint letter with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Wales, the unions call on Health Minister Eluned Morgan to ask for FFP2 masks to be made available to all healthcare workers in primary and secondary care, and FFP3 masks for those treating Covid patients.

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