INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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NHS worker Jessie Gaddie requested scrubs using Frontline.Live.
A new web-based app is allowing front-line workers to report personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages
NHS staff have used Frontline.Live, launched on Saturday, to report a lack of life-saving equipment such as hand sanitiser, masks, goggles
They can tweet the items they need, their work postcode, a photo and the hashtag #FrontlineMap or, and to remain anonymous, complete an
At least 19 NHS staff have died with coronavirus
The PPE requests are plotted on a real-time map that can be viewed by policymakers and suppliers
Frontline.Live is a collaboration between technologists, social-enterprise founders and volunteers.It was initiated after serial
entrepreneur Katz Kiely, chief executive of innovation agency Beep, and her team identified 25,000 tweets last month from NHS staff about
housing can also make PPE requests via Frontline.Live.The government says there is enough PPE to go around and it has called in the military
to help with distribution
However, many NHS workers are still experiencing shortages
Supplies of gowns, for example, are critically low in some hospitals, according to Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers in
