Question follow-through · 11392
Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which body is responsible for pursuing the return of medical equipment loaned to patients where that equipment was supplied by (a) an NHS trust and (b) an integrated care board.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which body is responsible for pursuing the return of medical equipment loaned to patients where that equipment was supplied by (a) an NHS trust and (b) an integrated care board.
23 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2026
Answer published
NHS England does not collect information on medical equipment loaned to National Health Service patients outside of NHS premises. NHS trusts, often in partnership with local councils and regional integrated community equipment services, loan a wide range ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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