Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 70078

Neurology: Wheelchairs

Tabled: 22 July 2025

Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Lizzi Collinge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS-provided wheelchairs for adults with degenerative neurological conditions.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services.NHS England is taking a number of steps to reduce regional variation in the quality and provision of NHS wheelchairs, and to support ICBs to red...

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