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Nearly £1.5bn blown on useless Covid PPE bought through government's 'VIP lane'

The eye-watering sum spent during the pandemic on inadequate masks, gowns, goggles and gloves could have funded 58,400 new NHS nurses

Daily Mirror

Do I need a Covid test to visit a hospital or a care home after April 1?

Most people visiting care settings like hospitals and care homes will not be required to take a test, but those with symptoms should still stay away

Chronicle Live

Spending watchdog warns £2.7 billion at risk from government PPE contracts

Chair of public accounts committee says government must ‘get a grip’ of PPE stocks and contracts

The Independent UK

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1.5bn unused PPE items in England have passed expiry date, says audit office

Report says health department has paid £737m for storage, with 3.6bn items considered unsuitable for frontline use

The Guardian - UK

Covid PPE waste exposed as HALF of suppliers gave items that could not be used

A report from the National Audit Office found the Department for Health and Social Care is still dealing with issues over almost 10,000 Covid contracts drawn up to purchase around 38 billion PPE items

Daily Mirror

People with a cold urged to ‘stay home and avoid contact’ under new guidance

Ministers have issued new guidance for people after lifting Covid-19 restrictions

The Independent UK

Government paid firm linked to Tory peer £122m for PPE bought for £46m

PPE Medpro, which is linked to Michelle Mone, appears to have made huge profit on 25m gowns that were never used by NHS

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Online retailers stop sales of some blood oxygen monitors after investigation

Which? says some of the devices sold by Amazon, eBay and Wish were not legally fit to be sold

The Guardian - UK

Tory peer lobbied for PPE firm months after lawyers said she had stopped, leaked emails suggest

Exclusive: Michelle Mone promoted PPE Medpro for Covid contract in May 2020 – and again in October

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock failed to disclose messages with Owen Paterson over Covid contracts

Health department did not keep full records of meetings with healthcare firm Paterson lobbied for, NAO finds

The Guardian - UK

'Inadequate' records kept of £700m worth of Covid deals for firm linked to Tory MP

The NAO found ministers attended eight meetings with testing firm Randox - twice as many as previously disclosed - but kept minutes for just two

Daily Mirror

Better outcomes needed for the Government's NHS surgery and cancer care strategy

Average wait of 16 weeks at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with a total of 72,154 people on the waiting list at the end of January

Liverpool Echo

Verdict on drive to cut sugar in UK diets now expected a year late

Campaigners believe report is delayed because it will show ministers’ calls for 20% cut have been ignored

The Guardian - UK

NHS cancer services ‘suffered years of decline’ before pandemic with ‘no meaningful plan’ for £36bn funding

‘Heroic’ NHS staff dragged down by long-term decline in cancer and planned care, say MPs

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Surgery and cancer care in England will have long delays for years – report

Public accounts committee warns waiting lists will keep growing and is highly critical of ministers and NHS bosses

Insider UK

Omega Diagnostics confirms £1 million sale of Alva manufacturing business

The company has also been forced to seek new sources of funding after its plan to raise £7m through a share issue was rejected

The Guardian - UK

Pharmacists hit out at plan to scale back free flu jabs in England

Decision by ministers to cut number of people eligible for free winter flu jabs criticised as ‘shortsighted’

The Guardian - UK

NHS cuts to cover Covid costs may hit patient care, Labour warns

Government source says ‘significant amount of money’ has to be found by ‘reprioritising’

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The Guardian - UK

UK Covid: Boris Johnson announces end to restrictions in England – as it happened

Prime minister says all legal restrictions can be lifted now vaccination levels are high and deaths are low

The Guardian - UK

Half of PPE procured by UK using ‘VIP’ companies has not been used

Equipment worth £1.7bn sourced from politically connected companies was stockpiled after government over-ordered

Insider UK

Omega Diagnostics sells Alva manufacturing business for £1 million

Company criticises Department of Health for failing to fulfil its Covid test contract

Wales Online

Covid briefing: Seven things you need to know as popular holiday destinations relax rules ahead of half-term

UK customers’ holiday bookings this summer are nearly a fifth higher than before the pandemic

Wales Online

Claim made that 18 more firms were in ‘VIP lane’ for PPE contracts

The Good Law Project campaign group estimates that the alleged deals awarded without competition were worth almost £1 billion

The Independent UK

Plan to further integrate NHS and social care announced ‘to stop people falling into gaps’

Further integration will allow services to be tailored to local community, says government

The Independent UK

Leak suggests 18 more firms given ‘VIP lane’ treatment for PPE contracts

Labour said ministers should ‘come clean’ about whether they had misled MPs about how many companies had access to the competition-free process

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