Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

The former lingerie tycoon made the claim the day before a court ruling in the government’s £140m Covid compensation claim against her husband’s company

PPE Medpro, a company linked to Baroness Mone, is being sued by the Department of Health and Social Care over an alleged contract breach

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The company provided 25 million ‘faulty’ gowns that were not sterile during the pandemic

Reacting to the ruling, Health Minister Stephen Kinnock said "we are going to get our money back".

Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

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High Court ruled PPE Medpro provided government with 25 million faulty surgical gowns during pandemic