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Disability Aids

Commons · Question 76674 · Tabled 11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the provision of specialist (a) wheelchairs, (b) beds and (c) armchairs for tall disabled people.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 22 Sep 2025

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services. National Health Service trusts work with the patient and wheelchair supplier to best meet the patient’s needs and requirements.A typical hospit...