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NHS Staff ‘Thrown to the Wolves’ as Protective Gear Runs Low

  • Medical association survey shows most doctors face shortages
  • Government says large supply of PPE arriving from Turkey

Staff work at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital wearing various items of PPE, on April 18.

Photographer: Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images

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The U.K. risks running out of protective equipment for its hospital staff as half the doctors working in high-risk areas reported supply shortages in a survey by the British Medical Association.