Question follow-through · 70078

Neurology: Wheelchairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS-provided wheelchairs for adults with degenerative neurological conditions.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
5 Sept 2025 · 45 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS-provided wheelchairs for adults with degenerative neurological conditions.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services.NHS England is taking a number of steps to reduce regional variation in the quality and provision of NHS wheelchairs, and to support ICBs to red...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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