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<p>We have significantly increased our ventilator capacity. To date, there are more
than 8,000 ventilators in hospitals across the United Kingdom, with thousands more
expected to come into use in the coming weeks and months and, of course, we will continue
to order more. This is alongside work being done on the Prime Minister’s ventilator
challenge.</p><p>Ventilators are being procured from existing worldwide stocks. Ventilators
will be delivered to National Health Service trusts as soon as stock has arrived in
the UK. In addition, ventilators will be available in the private hospitals that we
have just contracted as additional capacity.</p><p>It is not yet clear precisely how
quickly the number of cases requiring ventilation will increase, hence the efforts
to increase capacity rapidly. Ventilator demand modelling continues to evolve and
at present sufficient capacity exists. The supply and demand of ventilators is under
constant review.</p>
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