UK COVID inquiry: PPE procurement failures cost taxpayers billions of pounds

The UK COVID inquiry has published a report on the government's procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) — including gloves and gowns — during the pandemic. Billions of pounds of taxpayers' money were wasted on items that proved unusable or were never delivered to healthcare facilities. The report identifies serious failures in planning and purchasing procedures.

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