In which case, @mariacaulfield, why on earth do you not ensure every member of staff treating Covid patients receives an FFP3 mask? The evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates they offer better protection. So what is it? Are we just not worth spending the money on? 🤷♀️
In which case, @mariacaulfield, why on earth do you not ensure every member of staff treating Covid patients receives an FFP3 mask? The evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates they offer better protection. So what is it? Are we just not worth spending the money on? 🤷♀️
@doctor_oxford Hi Rachel please do message me with the details of your trust as we have plenty of supply nationally and I can find out why you are not getting these at a local level
Thank you for replying, Maria. The issue is that your official guidance still only recommends paper masks for staff seeing Covid patients, despite studies such as this one from Addenbrooke’s demonstrating near 100% effectiveness of FFP3s at preventing infection in staff. Why - when you know this - have you not changed the guidance to ensure staff are protected from a disease still killing >200 people a week in the UK and still severely disabling people with long COVID? Why are the public similarly not offered FFP3s if they want them in a hospital? It makes NHS staff feel as though we’re entirely expendable, as though perhaps you don’t care if we live or die. cam.ac.uk/research/news/…
@doctor_oxford @mariacaulfield So is this why immunocompromised patients continue to be put at risk? are we viewed as not worth it, rather like the JCVI decision not to vaccinate those that had the wrong vaccine in September and although they decided it should be redone it was decided it was too much work
@MarkOak04974342 @JaneWeb81865788 @doctor_oxford @mariacaulfield It’s shocking Mark.
@MarkOak04974342 @doctor_oxford @mariacaulfield I keep postponing hospital appointments because of the absence of masks in healthcare settings! I have health problems and can’t risk catching Covid. My husband should be having his shingles vaccine but has postponed it as no masks at GP. We need masks in Healthcare settings!