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Medical Equipment: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of healthcare professions on levels of unmet equipment needs for children with disabilities.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 May 2025
Target answer date
16 May 2025
Answer
3 Jun 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of healthcare professions on levels of unmet equipment needs for children with disabilities.

  2. 16 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, meets regularly with external sector partners on a variety of issues.Integrated care boards (ICBs) in England are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of thei...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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