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Disability Aids: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote patient awareness of walking aid return and reuse schemes, (b) promote NHS staff awareness of the possibility of establishing those schemes and (c

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Jan 2025
Answer
6 Jan 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote patient awareness of walking aid return and reuse schemes, (b) promote NHS staff awareness of the possibility of establishing those schemes and (c

  2. 6 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The National Health Service is committed to reducing its environmental impact, and in 2020, published its Delivering a Net Zero NHS strategy, committing to reach net zero by 2045.The NHS recognises that reusing walking aids, such as crutches, frames, and ...

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