it was here at this warehouse in daventry near northampton that those gowns from clandeboye agencies ended up. you would expect them to have been shipped in and then straight out the door again — because this was an emergency, and these gowns were so urgently needed. but they just sat here. month after month after month. this warehouse was at the heart of the government's pandemic response. while in wales, the gowns were immediately sent to hospitals, in england, ppe bought from a new supplier was immediately quarantined here, so samples from each batch could be tested to ensure quality and safety. it was after the gowns came here that someone first realised that there may be a problem with the gowns. and documents we've obtained from the uk's ppe regulator, the health and safety executive, tell the story. what these files show is that two months after the first delivery arrived from cambodia, the hse raised concerns. it flagged the fact that while the consignments were labelled as "fluid—repellent gowns", the items themselves didn't meet the requirements to be used as such. acco

it was here at this warehouse in daventry near northampton that those gowns from clandeboye agencies ended up. you would expect them to have been shipped in and then straight out the door again — because this was an emergency, and these gowns were so urgently needed. but they just sat here. month after month after month. this warehouse was at the heart of the government's pandemic response. while in wales, the gowns were immediately sent to hospitals, in england, ppe bought from a new supplier was immediately quarantined here so samples from each batch could be tested to ensure quality and safety. it was after the gowns came here that someone first realised that there may be a problem with the gowns. and documents we've obtained from the uk's ppe regulator, the health and safety executive, tell the story. two months after the first delivery arrived at the health and safety executive raised concerns. it flagged that while the consignments were labelled as fluid repellent, the items did not meet the requirements to be used as such. according to the hsc these were not grounds, these w

it was here at this warehouse in daventry near northampton that those gowns from clandeboye agencies ended up. you would expect them to have been shipped in and then straight out the door again — because this was an emergency, and these gowns were so urgently needed. but they just sat here. month after month after month. this warehouse was at the heart of the government's pandemic response. while in wales, the gowns were immediately sent to hospitals, in england, ppe bought from a new supplier was immediately quarantined here so samples from each batch could be tested to ensure quality and safety. it was after the gowns came here that someone first realised that there may be a problem with the gowns. and documents we've obtained from the uk's ppe regulator, the health and safety executive, tell the story. two months after the first delivery arrived at the health and safety executive raised concerns. it flagged that while the consignments were labelled as fluid repellent, the items did not meet the requirements to be used as such. according to the hsc these were not gowns, these wer