The British Medical Association said less than 24 hours previously that PPE is 'designed to the size and shape of male bodies.”
Women and equalities minister Liz Truss has responded after she was criticised for"not being on top of her brief" for saying the"the same protection is required" from theAt a virtual meeting of parliament's Women and Equalities Committee, Truss — who is also international trade secretary — acknowledged that 77% of the NHS workforce is female.
She added:"It's the same protection that is required regardless of what gender you are — it's just making sure that everybody has that protective equipment and that's what the Department of Health is absolutely making sure that is happening every day during this crisis."claimed that Truss' initial statement:"Tells me she's not on top of her brief — it's as simple as that."Twitter.
During the hearing, Committee chair and Conservative backbencher Caroline Noakes took Truss to task for her apparent lack of engagement with the women and equalities role. In response Truss said that she did not think work output could be measured by number of tweets, adding:"a lot of the work I do as women and equalities minister is necessarily internal."Truss pointed out that home secretary Priti Patel had made an appearance, alongside female senior medical officials, such as Dr Jenny Harries.
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