The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) rejected two major settlement offers from PPE Medpro, including a complete remake of 25 million sterile gowns or a £23 million payment, Business Matters can exclusively reveal. These substantial offers were rejected,” a PPE Medpro spokesperson told Business Matters. A £122 million claim and £5 million cost to taxpayersThe DHSC’s claim alleges that the gowns supplied by PPE Medpro during the pandemic were not sterile. “It has been about scapegoating PPE Medpro and its consortium backer… to protect other very significant Conservative politicians from coming under scrutiny” . “We tried, repeatedly, to settle this matter,” a PPE Medpro spokesperson said.