PPE support

Social care and health organisations are being reminded that they must follow a set process when trying to source PPE.

Organisations around the city are working to protect residents and are in need of essential equipment, including gloves, masks, aprons and disinfectant.

The best way to secure this equipment and keep workers and residents safe is to follow national guidance.

As a member of the West Midlands and Warwickshire Local Resilience Forum (LRF), the City Council only holds a limited supply of PPE to use on an emergency basis to support high priority social care and health organisations who do not have access to their usual NHS supply.

Unfortunately, we are not able to support all organisations in the city who may require PPE.

If you are a social care or health organisation, then prior to seeking support with emergency PPE from the Council, you must seek supplies of PPE from your usual suppliers.  If these suppliers are not able to meet your requirements, then you are required to contact the suppliers listed below.

Only after contacting these suppliers are you able to approach the Council for PPE.

If we can help with your request, we are only able to provide supplies for a maximum period of seven days. Further requests will then have to be resubmitted.

We are currently prioritising requests from social care settings.

To request an emergency supply of PPE please complete an order form and send it to [email protected], including an indication of whether you would be able to collect, or require a delivery.

If we cannot help with your request, then please contact the National Supply Disruption Response (NSDR) via the 24/7 helpline: 0800 915 9964 (Freephone number in the UK), and a Direct Line from overseas: 0191 283 6543.

Other supply options for emergency PPE are listed on the West Midlands Combined Authority website.

Also, the PPE exchange is a website that connects people and organisations that require PPE with suppliers of PPE.  

Please obtain specialist advice from Public Health England or other reputable source before purchasing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from suppliers and remember that you are responsible for ensuring that PPE is safe to use to protect you and any staff members. You use PPE entirely at your own risk.

Coventry City Council has not vetted or approved any supplier listed on this page or those on www.ppexchange.co.uk or via the WMCA and disclaims any liability in connection with your use of any of the suppliers of PPE listed, or accessed as a result of information provided above and/ or any contracts entered into with suppliers as a result of the use of information contained above.