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details, there was never a point at which nhs providers could not get access to ppe. but there were huge challenges. we first opened the stockpile of ppe that we had in the event of a pandemic, we opened that injanuary, we started buying new ppe in february, in march, china brought in export restrictions and you will remember at the time, there was a huge global demand for ppe, there were aeroplanes that were being turned around mid flight, the european union put out demands for ppe, calls for ppe that went entirely unanswered. we had to remove a piece of bureaucracy that was in the way that put a limit on the price that could be paid for ppe and we took a policy decision that we should pay at the top of the market, that didn t require the treasury to make that change, the chancellor was incredibly helpful in driving that through. and we managed

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