Department Of Health
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The purpose of the scheme is to support the governments COVID-19 Response: Living with COVID-19 strategy during a challenging period of global inflation and cost of living pressures.
The continued provision of free PPE for COVID-19 will:
- protect frontline healthcare staff, the elderly and vulnerable
- reduce pressure on the NHS
The scheme has been extended until 31 March 2024 or until the Department of Health and Social Cares (DHSC) stocks for COVID-19 supply are depleted (whichever is sooner). We encourage providers to only order PPE based on current demand - DHSC will not accept returns of unused or expired PPE. Order limits will continue to apply and order volumes will be monitored.
Estimated stock-out dates by PPE category shows DHSC estimated stock-out dates when DHSC expects to run out of specific types of PPE.