Supply shortages have been a global concern in the Covid-19 pandemic, and government orders have flown in for breathing aids manufactured by those beyond the healthcare engineering arena -- including Mercedes F1.
While most people are concerned with medical supplies for the NHS and ensuring the food supply chain can cope with the outbreak for the foreseeable future, supply concerns have been also affecting other, unseen areas of the healthcare pyramid.
Director of Littlefair care home, Nick Sherard, spoke to the Leaders Council and told us that he thought the country needed to go "further in our fight against the virus".
"I have been trying to find supplies for the home as we are running out -- our own suppliers have none, despite the fact that supplies have been on order for more than a couple of months now.
"We have tried to be proactive, and so far, that has worked, but the issue continues to affect us."
When asked about what he thought the country could be doing to help stem the tide of the virus, Sherard said that saving lives was a priority.
"More and more people will get the virus, and we need to save lives. The movement of people is the biggest concern in this regard, so lockdown is of paramount importance.
"We need to all work together and support the NHS -- my suggestion would be to ask people to isolated a room or two if needed in our homes and make sure they are as clean as they possibly can be.
"The whole country needs to up the ante and train as many people as possible -- over video link if needs be -- to make sure we have as many basic healthcare workers as possible at our disposal.
"The more people know how to use, for instance, ventilators, the better equipped we will be.
"There are more than 400,000 volunteers out there, according to the health secretary, and our healthcare professionals, doctors and nurses need to be deployed to help each other and train volunteers on the spot. We need to have a 'national army' of healthcare workers to help save our loved ones.
"The bottom line is simple. People need to be more positive and proactive."
