Sleep Apnoea: Medical Equipment
Commons · Question 79116 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of continuous positive airway pressure machines for NHS patients diagnosed with sleep apnoea.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Oct 2025
No specific assessment has been made by the Department.The provision of treatments for sleep apnoea is a commissioning matter and these decisions are the responsibility of integrated care boards, taking into account the needs of their local populations an...