Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 83766

Divers: Health Services

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 12 November 2025

Question

Stuart Andrew

ConservativeDaventry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on (a) diver safety and (b) emergency access for people in the West Midlands of the proposed closure of the Midland Dive Chamber in R

Answer

Karin Smyth
NHS England has no immediate plans to decommission the hyperbaric oxygen therapy services in the Midlands. The responsibility for the delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for services ultimately rests with the appropriate National Health Servic...

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