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Oxygen: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 59789 · Tabled 13 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Jun 2025

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Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure emergency access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy for patients in the (a) North East and (b) North West of England from 1 October 2025.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 Jun 2025

NHS England is committed to ensuring equitably accessible, high-quality services, for anyone who requires hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This will be achieved through the commissioning of six geographically dispersed services across England. Three pref...