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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...