Cleaning Services: Health Services
Commons · Question 111051 · Tabled 4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the resilience of NHS services to disruptions within the commercial laundry sector.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 Feb 2026
The NHS England estates, commercial, and emergency preparedness, resilience, and response teams are undertaking an assessment of the provision of laundry services, in-house and out-sourced, in the National Health Service. This includes the NHS requirement...