Wolverhampton Council PPE distribution hits 4 million
More than four million items of personal protective equipment have now been distributed to frontline staff in Wolverhampton.
Wolverhampton Council has been handing out the equipment – which range from face masks to gallons of hand sanitiser – since last March.
It has seen care providers, health workers, bin crews and others receive the items to allow them to continue delivering essential services.
Councillor Linda Leach, Wolverhampton Council’s cabinet member for adult services, said: "Despite a global shortage of personal protective equipment throughout the pandemic, we've continued to ensure a steady flow of vital PPE to our city’s frontline workers. This is helping to keep them, and the people they care for or support, safe.
"We’ll continue to work as quickly as we can to get PPE out to the people who need it, whether they work for the council, local care providers or other organisations or individuals who have found it hard to get PPE through their usual channels.
"We have now provided over four million items, which shows just how important this element of our Covid-19 response has been, and I’d like to thank everyone who is continuing to work so hard to make PPE available to the individuals and organisations which need it."
The council has purchased millions of items of PPE through the pandemic – and also received thousands of donations from businesses and individuals who responded to a city-wide appeal last spring. Supplies are now being bolstered by regular deliveries from the Government.
