The Nissan Sunderland plant has commenced production of thousands of protective aprons for NHS workers. Initial capacity is 18,000 a week but the team has plans to increase this to more than 70,000.

This was the magnificent sight yesterday as one million protective aprons were delivered to the NHS. Less than 24 hours after being made, the crucial Mail Force Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was ...

Nissan has become the latest company to use its manufacturing expertise to help make protective aprons for the NHS workers. A team of volunteers at the firm’s Sunderland plant took just eight days to ...

Nissan is using its manufacturing expertise at its plant on Wearside to help make protective aprons for NHS workers. A team of staff volunteers at the plant took just eight days to design and build a ...

A team of 57 staff volunteers at the plant have manufactured the aprons in just under three months Credit: Nissan After producing half a million protective aprons for front line health care workers, ...

Car giant Nissan has handed over a project making protective aprons for frontline health and care workers to a prison. Half a million aprons have been produced at the company’s factory in Sunderland ...

A delivery of 84 tonnes of personal protective equipment for NHS staff, including 400,000 gowns, has been delayed. The consignment, from Turkey, had been due to arrive in the UK today. Stocks are ...

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MEDICS have been given the first protective respiratory visor hoods at a NHS hospital in the battle against coronavirus. University Hospital Southampton introduced the hoods, which include a filter ...

Female NHS staff are putting themselves at risk due to not being able to access correctly sized protective gear during the coronavirus emergency, doctors warned. The British Medical Association, the ...

Nissan has become the latest company to use its manufacturing expertise to help make protective aprons for the NHS workers. A team of volunteers at the firm’s Sunderland plant took just eight days to ...