“All of the hubs in the country were emptying. There was no stock and hospitals had started to call, to say they were in a panic. It took all of December and January to beg [the government] to release the Brexit stock as a matter of emergency, whilst we went to production full-scale in the background, and urged them to place orders on products that were running out,” she said.
Stoute said her company went into production without specific orders because it had previously experienced the government’s failure to react with speed in other health emergencies.
She said she called a particular health official to ask them to order supplies of a particular product as quickly as possible from Wuhan, but that the department did not react.
The Health Secretary helped Brooks Newmark broker a deal for international firms to get involved with the supply of vital gloves,masks and other equipment.
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