Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93807

Medical Equipment: Disability Aids

Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for the delivery of disability medical equipment to (a) adults and (b) 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 equipment to disabled people typically falls to the National Health Service and local authorities...

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