Government loses 1.4 billion on PPE contract with Full Support Healthcare

Last summer the Environment Agency took enforcement action to clear a stockpile of thousands of waste plastic medical aprons supplied by Full Support Healthcare.

Documents obtained by the BBC in April showed the waste dump at the farm near Calmore, Hampshire, had around 1,550 pallets and was deemed a fire risk.

The government sold pallets to third-party private companies in the process of auctioning off excess PPE.

Full Support takes no responsibility for stockpiles.

The company's lawyers said the Stout family had only been informed by the BBC about unused stock.

They said it was the government's problem who had not contacted them about this at any stage.

Four years on from the first national lockdown in England and Wales, DHSC continues to store and dispose of billions of excess PPE items at a cost of millions of pounds every week.

At a press conference on Tuesday morning, Health Minister Victoria Atkins said the 1.4 billion figure was “unacceptable”, but the DHSC did not specify a different figure.

Ms Atkins said from a wider perspective: “The whole country wanted to get the PPE they needed for frontline workers in both health and social care, and we have been able to procure billions of pieces of PPE equipment.”

“It was absolutely the right thing to do at the time,” he added.

A DHSC spokesperson said: We are not aware of the $1.4 billion quoted. Our position on PPE stocks is set out in the Department's annual accounts, which are audited by the National Audit Office.

PPE was secured at the height of the pandemic, competing in an overheated global market where demand far outstripped supply.

Nearly half of the remaining inventory was sold, recycled or donated by the department. Our reduced storage and disposal strategy ensures that unused items are converted from waste to energy, recouping additional costs for the department.

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