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Medical Equipment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department made of the potential barriers that prevent disabled people from accessing lifesaving medical equipment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
3 Nov 2025
Answer
3 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department made of the potential barriers that prevent disabled people from accessing lifesaving medical equipment.

  2. 3 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of their local population, and responsibility for providing medical equipment to disabled people typically falls to the National Health Service and local aut...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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