PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prosthetics (12 April 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the supply of prostheses to NHS patients.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Answer

NHS England commissions 35 prosthetic centres in England to provide specialised prosthetic services. NHS England completed a Prosthetic Services Review between 2018 and 2022, which was paused during the COVID-19 pandemic. The recommendations from the review have been incorporated within the service specification, Complex Disability Equipment – Prosthetic Specialised Services For People Of All Ages With Limb Loss, which has been updated in line with the service Specification Methods process, and will be subject to stakeholder testing during April 2024.


Answered by:
Andrew Stephenson (Conservative)
18 April 2024

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