Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 87400

Prosthetics and Wigs: Ethnic Groups

Tabled: 3 November 2025

Answered: 11 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a limited access to suitable (a) prosthetics and (b) wigs on ethnic minority patients; and what steps he is taking to improve access.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The current NHS Supply Chain Wigs Framework Agreement was awarded to 42 suppliers and provides a range of wigs, both real and synthetic, and headwear products to provide alternative choices to patients, as well as maintenance, styling, alteration, and rep...

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