NHS was within 'six or seven hours' of running out of PPE, says Hancock

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NHS was within 'six or seven hours' of running out of PPE, says Hancock

Some hospitals in England were within "six or seven hours" of running out of personal protective equipment in the early stages of the COVID pandemic, a former health secretary has admitted.

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