Neurology: Wheelchairs
Commons · Question 70078 · Tabled 22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lizzi Collinge
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS-provided wheelchairs for adults with degenerative neurological conditions.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Sep 2025
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services.NHS England is taking a number of steps to reduce regional variation in the quality and provision of NHS wheelchairs, and to support ICBs to red...