Question follow-through · 52309
Medical Equipment: Shortages
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of medical equipment shortages on (a) hospital discharges and (b) patients in community care settings.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Eyesight: Medical Treatments · 30 May 2025
- Hospices: Contracts · 20 Oct 2025
- Hospices: Finance · 20 Oct 2025
- Palliative Care: Finance · 20 Oct 2025
- Palliative Care: Equality · 20 Oct 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
14 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of medical equipment shortages on (a) hospital discharges and (b) patients in community care settings.
16 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
At the 2024 Autumn Budget, the Government announced a £22.6 billion increase in day-to-day health spending and a £3.1 billion increase in the capital budget over the financial years 2024/2025 and 2025/2026. Departmental budgets beyond 2025/26 will be set ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Eyesight: Medical Treatments
30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the autologous serum eyedrop service will continue following the abolition of NHS England.
Hospices: Contracts
20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that hospice contracts reflect the cost of (a) the services they provide and (b) the needs of their local populations.
Hospices: Finance
20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide adequate funding to hospices to increase staff pay in line with agreed NHS pay rises.
Palliative Care: Finance
20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing full funding for specialist palliative (a) care, (b) advice and (c) assessment provided by hospices.
Palliative Care: Equality
20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the equitable provision of palliative care.
Nurses: Migrant Workers
25 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Internationally Educated Nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council have lived in the UK for over five but fewer than ten years.
Glaucoma: Health Services
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver increased glaucoma services in the community.
Glaucoma: Health Services
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of people waiting for glaucoma follow-up appointments and (b) length of waiting time for such appointments.
Eating Disorders: Greater London
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the eating disorder services are available to adults in Battersea and the NHS South West London Integrated Care Board area.
Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of flexible eating disorder treatment options for adults, including outpatient, day patient and community based models.
Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support early identification and intervention for eating disorders in adults within primary care and community mental health services.
Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of care for patients receiving eating disorder support.