Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 79116

Sleep Apnoea: Medical Equipment

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of continuous positive airway pressure machines for NHS patients diagnosed with sleep apnoea.

Answer

Karin Smyth
No specific assessment has been made by the Department.The provision of treatments for sleep apnoea is a commissioning matter and these decisions are the responsibility of integrated care boards, taking into account the needs of their local populations an...
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