NHS is ‘dangerously over-reliant’ on China with one in SIX medical items coming from Beijing amid fears supplies could be ‘weaponised’
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The NHS has become ‘dangerously over-reliant’ on China for vital medicines and supplies, a report has warned.
One in six medical items used in UK hospitals, including needles, bandages and oxygen, are…