Scientific modelling at the start of the coronavirus crisis predicted that the NHS was going to run out of ventilators, so the Government launched the Ventilator Challenge with a call to arms to manufacturers and medical device companies to step up production of existing designs and design new ventilators from scratch.
The programme formed a key part of a successful three pillar strategy to increase the number of mechanical ventilators, with over 25,000 devices made available in total to the NHS, up from 9,000 before the start of the pandemic.
MPB Industries manufactured 30,000 anaesthetic flow tubes in just over four months, working shifts day and night, to support the NHS in the fight against COVID-19.
