Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 87115

NHS and Social Services: Medical Equipment

Tabled: 31 October 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS and care sector equipment is (a) returned and reused or (b) recycled after use.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
In October 2024 the Department published the Design for Life roadmap, a new strategy to transition away from all avoidable single-use medical technology (medtech) products towards a functioning circular system by 2045. This means designing, procuring, and...

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