Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 120293

Wheelchairs

Tabled: 12 March 2026

Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients released from hospital who need a wheelchair get one as soon as possible.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services. This includes both temporary wheelchair provision to support hospital discharge and National Health Service wheelchair services which support p...

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