A company that builds homes in Kent has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to frontline NHS workers.

Staff from Persimmon Homes South East, based in Maidstone, gathered spare gloves and masks normally used on building sites and handed it over to doctors and nurses at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford.

The NHS has seen a shortage of PPE across the country.

Some doctors and nurses have not always able to get the equipment needed to keep them safe from infection, with demand only expected to increase.

Brendon O’Neill, Managing Director at Persimmons said: “Our NHS is doing a tremendous job in this fight against coronavirus.

"We all appreciate the work the doctors and nurses are doing to look after people in need and we’re pleased that we can help in this small way. They deserve to be as protected as possible.

"Persimmon Homes is determined to do whatever it can to help the country through the difficult weeks and months ahead.”

The construction company's South East office operates from Scholars House on College Road in Maidstone.

Persimmon Homes has offices across the UK and has donated the equipment nationwide while building work and offices have been temporarily closed down.

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