Written questions

Wheelchairs: Repairs and Maintenance

2026-05-20 · Department of Health and Social Care · 4008 · Official question

Mr Lee Dillon

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that wheelchair service providers promptly repair faulty wheelchairs.

Answer

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services and are expected review and assess the quality of their commissioned wheelchair services, with support from NHS England. NHS England is supporti...