What is the EU medical equipment scheme and why did UK opt out?

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British government is facing criticism for not taking part in joint purchase of supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic

The British government is coming under fire for failing to join the EU’s procurement scheme for medical equipment, including masks, gloves, goggles, gowns, testing kits and ventilators, at a time when NHS health workers across the country are crying out for more supplies. In the latest twist, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, was forced to deny claims, later retracted, by the government’s senior diplomat that it had been a “political decision” to opt out of the scheme.

 

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Waste of an article, it has yet to produce any results, at all. We’ve missed out on precisely nothing.

A Rallying point for the Brexit obsessed media like you and their twitter followers

We opted out of it because the Tory party are more concerned with their shady business around Brexit, than they are about the health of the population! This is so clear, it’s beyond discussion now. It’s a political fact and a frightening number of people voted for this attitude!

Ideology

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No, we know they opted in but it has not started yet

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Call for clarity after EU medical equipment claimLabour calls for clarity after senior civil servant says UK took a 'political decision' not to join an EU scheme to source medical equipment That scheme that didn’t work? They taking the piss , worst defeat in 80 years and the party is riddled with people who hate Jews, he has an 80 seat majority for 4.5 more years . It's got classic Dom written all over it.
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