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GPs 'using out of date masks' as health and social insiders raise concerns over lack of coronavirus testing - despite drive-through plans

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GPs and nurses are being forced to use out-of-date masks to treat suspected coronavirus patients, the M.E.N. has been told, amid reports that a change in the government’s approach to testing last week inadvertently led some hospitals to be overwhelmed.

One senior Greater Manchester GP told the Manchester Evening News it had felt as though the system had been ‘firefighting’ in recent days rather than preparing for what is to come.

They said some public protection equipment given to GP practices last week had a 2017 expiry date marked on it, while on Sunday there was a shortage of medical wipes locally.

Meanwhile the move away from testing in the community meant the system was just ‘blindly doing things’, they claimed. Several senior council

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