Department Of Health
The PPE portal can be used by social care and primary care providers to order and receive critical coronavirus (COVID-19) personal protective equipment (PPE).
Providers who can use the service will receive an email invitation to register.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has partnered with eBay, Clipper Logistics and Royal Mail to develop this service.
Orders will be managed in line with Public Health England (PHE) guidance and wider availability from the NHS Supply Chains central PPE logistic operations.
Who can use the portal
You can only log in and place an order if youve received an email invitation to register.
The PPE portal can be used by:
- GPs
- residential social care providers
- domiciliary social care providers
- pharmacies
- dentists
- orthodontists
- optometrists
- childrens care homes and secure homes
- childrens residential special schools
If youre a provider in one of these categories, your invitation to register will be sent to your email account registered with Care Quality Commission (CQC), NHS Business Services Authority (BSA), NHS England or the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
When to use the portal
The PPE portal is an emergency top-up system.
You should continue using your business-as-usual and wholesaler routes to access PPE. You should only use the PPE portal for additional PPE if needed.
Youll be able to place multiple orders weekly, up to the limits below.
Order limits
GPs
GPs with fewer than 5,000 patients can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 100 IIR masks
- 200 aprons
- 400 gloves (200 pairs)
- one bottle of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
GPs with between 5,000 and 7,999 patients can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 100 IIR masks
- 300 aprons
- 600 gloves (300 pairs)
- 2 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- 2 boxes of visors (usually 50 per box)
GPs with between 8,000 and 10,999 patients can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 200 IIR masks
- 500 aprons
- 1,000 gloves (500 pairs)
- 4 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- 2 boxes of visors (usually 50 per box)
GPs with 11,000 patients or more can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 400 IIR masks
- 1,100 aprons
- 2,200 gloves (1,100 pairs)
- 6 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- 2 boxes of visors (usually 50 per box)
Domiciliary care providers
Domiciliary care providers with fewer than 20 clients can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 200 IIR masks
- 400 aprons
- 800 gloves (400 pairs)
- 2 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Domiciliary care providers with between 20 and 49 clients can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 300 IIR masks
- 600 aprons
- 1,200 gloves (600 pairs)
- 3 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Domiciliary care providers with between 50 and 99 clients can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 400 IIR masks
- 600 aprons
- 1,200 gloves (600 pairs)
- 3 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Domiciliary care providers with between 100 and 149 clients can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 600 IIR masks
- 600 aprons
- 1,200 gloves (600 pairs)
- 3 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Domiciliary care providers with between 150 and 500 clients can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 1,500 IIR masks
- 1,400 aprons
- 2,800 gloves (1,400 pairs)
- 3 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Domiciliary care providers with between 500 and 999 clients can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 3,100 IIR masks
- 3,100 aprons
- 6,200 gloves (3,100 pairs)
- 3 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Domiciliary care providers with more than 1,000 clients can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 5,200 IIR masks
- 5,200 aprons
- 10,500 gloves (5,250 pairs)
- 3 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Residential care homes
Residential care homes with fewer than 10 beds can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 200 IIR masks
- 400 aprons
- 800 gloves (400 pairs)
- 2 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Residential care homes with between 10 and 24 beds can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 300 IIR masks
- 600 aprons
- 1,200 gloves (600 pairs)
- 3 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Residential care homes with between 25 and 49 beds can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 300 IIR masks
- 600 aprons
- 1,200 gloves (600 pairs)
- 3 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Residential care homes with between 50 and 99 beds can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 300 IIR masks
- 1,200 aprons
- 2,200 gloves (1,100 pairs)
- 3 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Residential care homes with 100 or more beds can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 300 IIR masks
- 2,000 aprons
- 3,600 gloves (1,800 pairs)
- 3 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
Pharmacies
Pharmacies with fewer than 5 registered staff can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 50 IIR masks
- 100 aprons
- 200 gloves (100 pairs)
- one bottle of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
Pharmacies with between 5 and 9 registered staff can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 100 IIR masks
- 100 aprons
- 200 gloves (100 pairs)
- 2 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
Pharmacies with between 10 and 14 registered staff can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 200 IIR masks
- 100 aprons
- 200 gloves (100 pairs)
- 4 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
Pharmacies with 15 or more registered staff can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 400 IIR masks
- 200 aprons
- 400 gloves (200 pairs)
- 4 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
Dentists
Dentists should calculate their number of units of dental activity (UDAs) plus (number of units of orthodontic activity (UOAs), if any, multiplied by 1.5) per practice per year.
For example, a practice that carries out 2,000 UDAs and 1,000 UOAs per year should report 2,000 plus (1,000 multiplied by 1.5) to get a composite metric of 3,500.
Dentists that annually undertake less than 6,000 of the composite metric can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 100 IIR masks
- 200 aprons
- 800 gloves (400 pairs)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
- one bottle of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
Dentists that undertake 6,000 or more of the composite metric can order (per week):
- 50 II masks
- 200 IIR masks
- 400 aprons
- 1,600 gloves (800 pairs)
- one box of visors (usually 50 per box)
- 2 bottles of hand hygiene (usually 500ml)
Orthodontists
Orthodontists should calculate their number of units of orthodontic activity (UOAs) plus (number
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