THE HSE was forced to panic buy PPE from ­hardware shops, vets, a bin bag company and a phone accessory shop in a €704million splurge during the fi. Jump directly to the content.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is spending almost €5.5 million each year on the storage of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) such as gowns and face masks.

More than a third of the over €900 million the HSE spent on PPE last year had to be written off because of the large quantities purchased and the high prices paid, the Comptroller and Auditor ...

The HSE CEO urged healthcare workers to be prudent in their use of PPE. Mr Reid said 33 million items of PPE from a batch one order from China, worth €31 million, had been fully distributed.

THE HSE spent over €900million on PPE in 2020, with two thirds of this equipment unused by the end of the year, a new report reveals.HSE boss Paul R. Jump directly to the content.

HSE document said sanction ‘is critical to ensure continued availability of PPE stock to meet current needs and have the necessary buffer stocks in place to the end of 2020’.

HSE chiefs binned €374 million worth of out-of-date PPE and obsolete protective suits during the Covid-19 pandemic. The health service’s chief executive, Paul Reid, is appearing before the ...

HSE. News. HSE to pay €7 million to get rid of hand sanitiser and PPE left over from Covid. Exclusive: Masks, goggles, face shields and gowns will be disposed of from next April.

Senior HSE officials have outlined a massive operation to increase the amount of equipment and facilities it has available to respond to the Covid-19 crisis.

Around 20% of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) delivered from China last week is not suitable to use, according to the HSE. The first shipment of PPE from China arrived in Dublin last Sunday ...

Some 90% of the PPE queries received by the HSE concerned KN95 face masks. “KN95 has not been a principal source of PPE for the NHS, who has already made the decision not to supply this respirator to ...