Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailNHS trusts were not consulted on plans for all hospital staff to wear surgical face masks and visitors and outpatients to wear face coverings from June 15, a healthcare chief has claimed. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the new policy on face coverings in hospitals at Friday evening's Downing Street coronavirus press conference. But NHS Providers deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery says NHS Trusts received "little or no consultation" ahead of the Government's announcement on imminent changes to face covering regulations. She said it has left NHS Trusts scrambling to find enough equipment to cater for hospital staff, patients and visitors. Ms Cordery said: "The announcement of compulsory mask wearing for all NHS staff working in any part of a hospital is clearly designed to help to ensure that both staff and patients are protected and feel safe.

Source: Daily Mirror June 06, 2020 09:19 UTC