Cambridge free PPE
As you may be aware in September the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have agreed to supply free PPE to the following key groups:
- Local Authorities (Children’s and Adults Services)
- Mental Health Providers
- Domestic Abuse Refuges
- Rough Sleepers
- Personal Assistants (Care) – (i.e. this might be someone in receipt of a Direct payment for their care needs (Adult or Child))
- Education Services – (i.e. Schools, Special Schools, Childcare settings etc)
The PPE will consist of ‘basic’ PPE that would be required for clinical use only (i.e. when providing personal care or treating someone with suspected symptoms of Covid) and ‘enhanced’ PPE which would be required for conducting Aerosol Generating Procedures.
The Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council will be providing a distribution process to each of the groups identified above – here is the process for you and/or your Personal Assistant to use. We hope to be able to arrange a PPE collection for you on a monthly basis via the submission of a request form which is attached. Please could we ask that this form is submitted by 30th of each month please. There will be four collection points located in Huntingdon, Cambridge City, Peterborough and March. Once a request has been received and verified you will receive an email confirming your order and further details of where, and when to collect from.
Download the Cambridge PPE form here.
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| Personal Assistant | Template submitted by the 30th of each Month to PPE@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk For a monthly order of PPE | PPE admin may query the request if it appears excessive or for Enhanced PPE (i.e. FFP3 masks) – and if needed, will refer to the key leads* in adults or children’s for approval | The confirmation email WILL confirm the collection date and location (this is because the request form asks the requestor for nearest town and preferred day to collect) Collections will be during the second week of each month | · The collector of the PPE must wear facemasks at collection and sanitise on arrival · Read any specific instructions on the confirmation email · Collection will NOT be possible without the order having been placed Collection points: 10-2pm, Mon / Weds / Fri: Huntingdon March Peterborough Cambridge City |