As outlined in a written ministerial statement made on 30 October 2025 , the Department of Health and Social Care ( DHSC ) has published corrections regarding PPE procurement in the early pandemic .

Today, the government is publishing further information about its exceptional procurement exercise to secure critical personal protective equipment ( PPE ) during the early months of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

We have already published details of all government PPE contracts in line with our transparency obligations. Today’s publication goes above and beyond those obligations as a measure of our commitment to openness about procurement processes during the pandemic.

Market overview in March 2020

The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 saw the total disruption of global PPE

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