Question follow-through · 17200
Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out current policies to encourage the reuse of medical equipment such as (a) orthopaedic boots, (b) wheelchairs and (c) crutches within the NHS.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out current policies to encourage the reuse of medical equipment such as (a) orthopaedic boots, (b) wheelchairs and (c) crutches within the NHS.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
The National Health Service is committed to reducing waste, whilst also delivering cost savings and minimising environmental impact, as set out in the Delivering a Net Zero NHS report. Since the publication of the report in 2020, there have been substanti...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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