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Auditors trawled through the accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care, which was responsible for buying masks, gloves and gowns during the pandemic.
It means the UK's Department of Health has now lost £14.9billion on over-priced, faulty or unused PPE, tests and drugs since the pandemic began.
Billions of items remain unsuitable for frontline use and there were 'inconsistencies' between the volume of PPE ordered and what the Department for Health and Social care received.
Almost £9billion has been wasted on personal protective equipment, it emerged this evening.
The firms secured the lucrative orders after being added to an exclusive list of Department of Health and Social Care suppliers following recommendations from top officials.