£4bn of NHS Covid PPE to be burned as it is unusable, says committee report

£4bn of NHS Covid PPE to be burned as it is unusable, says committee report Opposition parties say the findings show the Conservatives are ‘burning taxpayers money by the billion’ the Guardian

The imminent destruction of so many items and waste of public money is disclosed in a report by the Commons public accounts committee (PAC) that is scathing of the DHSC’s strategy when the Covid pandemic struck in 2020.

The PAC, which oversees spending by Whitehall departments, found that the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has £4bn of PPE in storage which cannot be used by frontline workers because it is substandard...