The Border

---

Scotland-health-Secretary's assurances that the PSA suppliers were not asked, the prioritization of England over Scotland.

Jeane Freeman , along with First Minister , Nicola Sturgeon , had expressed concern that the home care workers North of The Border could be to lose.

Ms Freeman later said she was grateful for the assurances of the British Minister of health.

But she wondered, too, that the misunderstanding will be solved by the Company .

The series develops, a further 40 people was revealed with Covid-19, died in Scotland, and The Number of confirmed cases rose to 291 to 6,358.

The Number of patients treated in intensive care, however, decreased by 15, 196.

In case of Ms Sturgeon's daily briefing," she promised urgently looking for reports on Scottish care homes, a lower priority for the supply of personal protective equipment.

Four-nation approach

claims of the PSA priority for England showed up, and on Monday, the Scottish care, The Body for private nursing homes in Scotland. came from Donald Macaskill, The Head

He BBC Radio Scotland the UK said the four largest suppliers had said they were not sending, Scotland, and instead, the prioritization of "England, the English NHS and English social area".

UK health Minister Matt Hancock said to Ms Freeman and the other health Ministers from the other UK Nations on Tuesday afternoon and it was not that This Was the case.

The British government said that it had not instructed any Company to prioritize the PSA, which for a nation on the other.

A spokesman added: "Through this four-nation approach, we work to coordinate closely with the devolved administrations, the distribution of the PSA evenly across the UK. "

The First Minister acknowledged, while your Tuesday briefing that it was distracted, no clear evidence of PSA, but they wanted to be given "assurances".

Ms sturgeon insisted that if the usual supply of the devices was disrupted for care homes in Scotland, then it would be "totally unacceptable".

she told the media: "All parts of the UK just now in front of supply challenges to the PSA, in fact, this is a global Problem.

"Any situation where you were distracted powered by a part of the United Kingdom to another, without consultation or any sense of cooperation would be clearly reprehensible and unacceptable. "

The Gompels website shows restrictions on some products

In a letter, said after her phone call with Matt Hancock , Scotland, health Secretary, she was grateful for the security.

But, Jeane Freeman , a Company highlighted in - Gompels - the stated on his website that the Public Health in England, meant restrictions, it could not send, Scotland and Wales.

She Said This Was a "contradiction, and the possible difficulty" and asked Mr Hancock, The Matter to clarify what you said, could be the result of a misunderstanding - so that Gompels could continue the care in care homes in Scotland.

'We believe that it is nonsense'

The proposal of PSA will be diverted to England from Scotland had earlier in The Day dismissed by the Scottish Government , the of the clinical Director.

Prof Jason Leitch said: "We have examined and we think that it is nonsense.

"So, the Company , and our colleagues in the Nhs England yesterday, when we spoke to them, said it was not true.

"There's an element of this is, though, that the English way for the PSA is one of three routes in Scotland, access to the PSA.

"So We Are in a four-country fight against the virus. Honestly, the people could not believe me, but the four countries-the fight is pretty much aligned. "

In Scotland, the PSA comes from three sources;

Prof Leitch admitted that it had distributed some of the problems in getting supplies, in particular, to those nursing homes that are not required, PSA in The Past .

He added that The Situation was sorted "very, very quickly".

"I'm a lot more confident than I was even a week, to work that is now," said the clinical Director.

A statement released by The Department of Health and Social Care on Monday, said: "PSA will be supplied, co-ordinated a UK-wide level and the allocation is made on the basis of clinical need across the whole country, which ensures a planned and coordinated response to this global pandemic. "

personal protective equipment (ppe), coronavirus pandemic, scottish government, nhs, social care

Source of news: bbc.com