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Did The UK Government Really Spurn EU Ventilator Procurement Support?

 
• By Amanda Maxwell

The UK is taking measures to increase its ventilator stock from 8,000 to some 30,000, but it will take time to make them available. Many are asking whether the government really rejected EU help, which could have brought relief sooner, because of Brexit.

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In the UK, there has been uproar over a story that the UK government refused help under the EU scheme to source extra ventilators and other equipment needed to support patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ministers were accused of putting “Brexit over breathing” when reports indicated that the initial response from the government to an invitation to be part of a joint EU procurement scheme...

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