Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 116635

Stoma Appliances

Tabled: 27 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the full cost to the NHS of preventable stoma management complications; and whether he will consider commissioning a national economic impact assessment of

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Department has not specifically attempted to estimate the full costs to the National Health Service of preventable stoma management or the merits of introducing a nationally mandated annual specialist stoma review requirement within the NHS Standard C...
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