Royal College of Nursing responds to comments on PPE
Responding to comments by the Secretary of State for Heath and Social Care on the use of PPE, Royal College of Nursing Director of Nursing, Policy and Practice, Susan Masters, said:
"These figures on deliveries are only impressive when nursing staff stop contacting me to say what they need to use wasn’t available. The calls are still coming through - people are petrified. They have seen colleagues die already.
"Things have improved in recent days and I credit the government with that. But the safety of nurses and care staff must not be compromised. They are pretty clear about what they need to do to stay safe and they will be angered by any suggestion they cause shortages by misusing kit.
"The focus has been on hospitals but politicians need to remember that health care staff in social care and other places need to protect themselves and those they’re treating.”
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