Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 59790
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, how NHS England assessed (a) geographic coverage and (b) patient travel time in its hyperbaric oxygen therapy commissioning criteria; and how this was factored into final decisions.
Answer
Karin SmythThe contract for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) services, also known as recompression, was reviewed in 2024, as existing contract terms expired. This included an update of the service specification using the published full methods process, and a public ...
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