Department Of Health
Who can receive PPE from their local authority or local resilience forum (LRF)
The majority of primary and social care services can obtain all of their COVID-19 PPE via the PPE portal. You can see the list of eligible providers below.
However, each local authority or LRF will supply some or all of the following services:
- local authorities (including children and adult social care workers)
- mental health community care
- personal assistants (LA, CCG commissioned and funded through personal health budgets)
- domestic violence refuges
- rough sleeping services
- education (and childcare) services
- extra-resident unpaid carers
- social and primary care providers on the PPE portal in clinical need for example, if theres an increase in local COVID-19 cases or temporary difficulties accessing other distribution channels
Local authorities and LRFs have also been supporting other sectors that cannot use the PPE portal, including:
- self-funded personal assistants
- supported living
- extra care
- shared lives
- day services
From 11 January, FFP masks and gowns were made available on the PPE portal to social care providers who are carrying out aerosol generating procedures (AGPs). Local authorities and LRFs are continuing to supply these items to portal-registered providers who carry out AGPs who cannot currently get them from the PPE portal.
Who can use the PPE portal
For those not supplied through local authorities or LRFs, the majority of social and primary care providers can now get all of their COVID-19 PPE from the PPE portal.
The following organisations can use the PPE portal:
- GPs
- residential social care providers
- domiciliary social care providers
- pharmacies
- dentists
- orthodontists
- optometrists
- childrens care homes and secure homes
- childrens residential special schools
- community drug and alcohol services
- residential drug and alcohol services
Read the guidance on what PPE items providers can order through the portal and order limits.
Local authority and LRF contact details
Barking and Dagenham
Email: ppe@lbbd.gov.uk
In Barking and Dagenham, the contact details above can be used to supply:
- local authorities (including children and adult social care workers)
- mental health community care
- personal assistants (LA, CCG commissioned and funded through personal health budgets)
- domestic violence refuges
- rough sleeping services
- education (and childcare) services
Barnet
Email: carequality@barnet.gov.uk
In Barnet, the contact details above can be used to supply:
- local authorities (including children and adult social care workers)
- mental health community care
- personal assistants (LA, CCG commissioned and funded through personal health budgets)
- domestic violence refuges
- rough sleeping services
- education (and childcare) services
Barnsley
Email: sylrfadmin@sheffield.gov.uk
In Barnsley, PPE for the following services will be provided
- local authorities (including children and adult social care workers)
- mental health community care
- personal assistants (LA, CCG commissioned and funded through personal health budgets)
- domestic violence refuges
- rough sleeping services
- education (and childcare) services
- extra-resident unpaid carers
Bath and North East Somerset
Email: banes_ppe_store@bathnes.gov.uk
Phone: 07530 263 206
In Bath and North East Somerset, the contact details above can be used to supply:
- local authorities (including children and adult social care workers)
- mental health community care
- personal assistants (LA, CCG commissioned and funded through personal health budgets)
- domestic violence refuges
- rough sleeping services
- extra-resident unpaid carers
Bedford
Email: leon.clancy@bedford.gov.uk
In Bedford, the contact details above can be used to supply:
- local authorities (including children and adult social care workers)
- mental health community care
- personal assistants (LA, CCG commissioned and funded through personal health budgets)
- domestic violence refuges
- rough sleeping services
- education (and childcare) services
- extra-resident unpaid carers
Bexley
Email: ppebexley@bexley.gov.uk
Bexley coronavirus helpline: 020 3045 5398
www.bexley.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19
In Bexley, the contact details above can be used to supply:
- local authorities (including children and adult social care workers)
- mental health community care
- personal assistants (LA, CCG commissioned and funded through personal health budgets)
- domestic violence refuges
- rough sleeping services
- education (and childcare) services
- extra-resident unpaid carers
Bexleys supply route is through a combination of push deliveries and responding to requests for replacement stock as needed.
Birmingham
Email: ppestock@birmingham.gov.uk
Phone: 0121 796 2577
Organisations and professionals can submit requests for PPE here
In Birmingham, the contact details above can be used to supply:
- local authorities (including children and adult social care workers)
- mental health community care
- personal assistants (LA, CCG commissioned and funded through personal health budgets)
- domestic violence refuges
- rough sleeping services
- education (and childcare) services
- extra-resident unpaid carers
Birminghams supply route is through a combination of push deliveries and responding to requests for replacement stock as needed.
For sectors with a large number of small deliveries it is an initial push delivery, followed by requests for replacement stock as needed.
Blackburn with Darwen
Email: procurement@blackburn.gov.uk
In Blackburn and Darwen, the contact details above can be used to supply:
- local a