Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 111051

Cleaning Services: Health Services

Tabled: 4 February 2026

Answered: 20 February 2026

Question

Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the resilience of NHS services to disruptions within the commercial laundry sector.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The NHS England estates, commercial, and emergency preparedness, resilience, and response teams are undertaking an assessment of the provision of laundry services, in-house and out-sourced, in the National Health Service. This includes the NHS requirement...

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