NHS and Social Services: Medical Equipment
Commons · Question 87115 · Tabled 31 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS and care sector equipment is (a) returned and reused or (b) recycled after use.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 17 Nov 2025
In October 2024 the Department published the Design for Life roadmap, a new strategy to transition away from all avoidable single-use medical technology (medtech) products towards a functioning circular system by 2045. This means designing, procuring, and...