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<p>Lord Deighton is leading the Government effort to expand the supply of personal
protective equipment (PPE) from imports from overseas and improving domestic manufacturing
capability.</p><p>A cross-Government PPE sourcing unit, staffed by over 400 people,
is securing new supply lines from across the world and has published rigorous standards
against which purchases will be made. We are identifying new sources of critical PPE
from overseas markets, diversifying the United Kingdom’s sources of supply and strengthening
the UK’s supply chains for the long term.</p><p>Teams from the Department for International
Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office around the world are seeking new supplies,
lobbying governments to lift export restrictions and helping get crucial deliveries
back to the UK. The combined Department for International Trade, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office and Department for Health and Social Care efforts have resulted in the Department
for Health and Social Care raising purchase orders for over 31 billion items of PPE;
direct from new relationships in source countries, as well as through our trusted
UK suppliers to the National Health Service, who themselves are using their global
connections to help us.</p><p> </p>
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