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PPE worth £600,000 destroyed during pandemic over quality concerns

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Nearly £600,000 of NHS protective equipment was destroyed after failing tests with other PPE linked to Chinese labour camps.

We can reveal that millions of masks and goggles were binned after a rush to secure vital PPE as Covid struck. Items destroyed included respirator valve masks and charity donated masks.They included:*90,000 respirator valve masks made by US firm Medline*Three million pairs of goggles lenses and frames from US company Tiger Medical Products*66,000 poorly made facemasks from Dumfrieshire-based Alpha Solway and:*700 charity donated masks it was feared were made at forced-labour camps in China.The NHS’s National Services Scotland (NSS) — who handle procurement for Scotland’s 14 health boards — have been involved in the

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