Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a critical part of infection prevention and health care worker (HCW) protection. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed gaps in the ability of health care systems to ...

rapid testing and personal protective equipment (PPE) during wave one. In the second wave, care home occupancy was lower and residents were prioritised for a Covid-19 vaccine from December.

"PPE supplies were prioritised for the NHS and ... "Then we were having to monitor, unfortunately, the deaths in care homes, and feeling that you're counting how many people died was a really ...