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Daniel Keane

Government fraud investigators probing PPE contracts, MPs told

A nurse puts on PPE in a ward for Covid patients (Stock image)

(Picture: PA Wire)

Government fraud investigators are looking into contracts to supply the NHS with PPE during the Covid pandemic, officials at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have said.

Jonathan Marron, the director general of the office for health improvement and disparities, said there were “concerns” over 176 contracts worth a total of £3.9 billion.

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