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Medical Equipment and Wheelchairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Integrated Care Boards to facilitate the return of used (a) wheelchairs and (b) other medical equipment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
15 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Integrated Care Boards to facilitate the return of used (a) wheelchairs and (b) other medical equipment.

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    In October 2024, the Department published the Design for Life roadmap, a new strategy to transition away from all avoidable single-use medical technology (MedTech) products towards a functioning circular system by 2045. This includes improving systems tha...

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