Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 105941

Disability Aids: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 14 January 2026

Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for someone to obtain a wheelchair or walker on the NHS.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The information requested is not held centrally. Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services, based on the needs of their local population.NHS England supports ICBs to reduce variation in ...

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