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Disability Aids

Volume 494: debated on Tuesday 16 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve the design of (a) wheelchairs and (b) other care aids and equipment. (279934)

It is for local decision what wheelchairs or other care aids or equipment to purchase and supply. For example, it is the responsibility of each primary care trust (PCT) to provide services, such as the provision of wheelchairs. The decision about which type of wheelchair is to be allocated to an individual is one taken at local level, after detailed clinical consultations and patient evaluation, by the PCT concerned.