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They feel appropriate. prior to that, the policy was very clear that surgical mask should only be worn in wards except in aerosol generating environments. the policy allows for flexibility. what i think is important is not giving discretion to individual hospital trusts or gps working in the community. but to be quite clear in terms of policy that if a doctor or a nurse or any health care professional is treating a patient with covid in a covid ward, they should be given the highest possible protection. they need to know that their place of work, they are being occupationally protected in the ...
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