Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 111502

Wheelchairs: Health Services

Tabled: 6 February 2026
Answered: 17 February 2026

Question

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make the recently developed service specification guidelines for wheelchair services mandatory across England.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services, based on the needs of their local population. NHS England supports ICBs to commission effective, efficient, and personalised wheelchair service...

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