Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 80325

Disability: Children

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Jessica Toale

LabourBournemouth West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS provision of medical equipment for families with disabled children.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of their local population, and responsibility for providing disabled children’s equipment would typically fall to the National Health Service and local autho...

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