Cheadle business, APS Group is supporting a volunteer campaign to produce protective clothing for the NHS, by supplying the printed patterns needed to sew scrubs.
The marketing services business is working with For the Love of Scrubs – a campaign set up by A&E nurse Ashleigh Linsdell – to help redress the shortfall in scrubs and PPE experienced by medical workers during the Covid-19 epidemic. Ashleigh began the campaign by sewing scrubs for her own hospital, which was experiencing a shortage, while between shifts.
The A0 patterns produced by APS Group will be used by volunteers to produce PPE for NHS staff at Countess of Chester Hospital.
James Lawton-Hill, Marketing Director at APS Group said:
As soon as we heard about the campaign, we knew we wanted to help. With so many former doctors and nurses now returning to the NHS, the need for medical clothing is at an all-time high.
‘‘To have played even a small part in helping to support those on the frontline is a great feeling. For the Love of Scrubs is a brilliant initiative and a prime example of how people are pulling together during an incredibly difficult time.’’
The For the Love of Scrubs campaign’s Facebook Group has amassed more than 49,000 members and raised more than £36,000 through its JustGiving page.