MedFet didn't identify the hospital where it sent the scrubs, but said it was located in the south of England.

In several follow-up tweets, the company criticised the current provisions being given to the UK public healthcare sector.

"We have been contacted this week by representatives of National Health Service (NHS) procurement all over the country, trying to source basic protective equipment and clothing," a second tweet read.

"When we, a tiny company set up to serve a small section of the kink community, find ourselves being sought out as a last-resort supplier to our NHS in a time of crisis, something is seriously wrong.

"In fact, it's scandalous."