MORE doctors have reported being gagged from speaking out against shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), despite government promises to end the silencing of NHS whistleblowers.

A dossier of evidence collated by the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK), a medic-led campaign group, revealed on Tuesday widespread warnings to NHS staff not to speak to journalists.

It included at least two cases where medics were sent home for raising concerns over the lack of PPE.