Oxygen: Medical Treatments
Commons · Question 59790 · Tabled 13 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how NHS England assessed (a) geographic coverage and (b) patient travel time in its hyperbaric oxygen therapy commissioning criteria; and how this was factored into final decisions.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 Jun 2025
The contract for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) services, also known as recompression, was reviewed in 2024, as existing contract terms expired. This included an update of the service specification using the published full methods process, and a public ...