Ministers have been forced into a crisis rethink of the way coronavirus tests are bought after it emerged the NHS in England and Wales were competing over testing
Adam Price, leader of Welsh nationalist Plyd Cymru, told Sky News:"In this case it absolutely seems that we have been - whether gazumped - [it is] certainly the case that the deal hasn't gone through in Wales.Adam Price said it looked like Wales had been 'gazumped'
"How can we have any confidence in a system whereby we don't have any independent means of securing our needs in Wales if we're just told to trust the UK government to provide us without any ability to intervene ourselves?Coronavirus UK tracker: How many cases are in your area – updated daily Earlier at a news conference Mr Gething told Sky News:"The four cabinet health ministers had a meeting at the end of last week to talk about expectations on supply chains to work - for example on Personal Protective Equipment, consumables - to make sure we had agreement on UK-wide rules and equity for the four nations of the UK."
He explained it was"to make sure that supply is being dealt with on a UK-wide basis and the four cabinet ministers for health were clear about our expectations", adding:"That's exactly what should happen."
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