Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 59789

Oxygen: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 13 June 2025
Answered: 20 June 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

Conservative — Stockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure emergency access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy for patients in the (a) North East and (b) North West of England from 1 October 2025.

Answer

Karin Smyth
NHS England is committed to ensuring equitably accessible, high-quality services, for anyone who requires hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This will be achieved through the commissioning of six geographically dispersed services across England. Three pref...
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