Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on providing electric wheelchairs for NHS patients.

NHS Wheelchair Services are responsible for the provision of wheelchairs, including electric wheelchairs, and are commissioned through clinical commissioning groups. Determination of the entitlement an individual has in respect of wheelchairs, or any other mobility equipment, is decided following assessment by the local NHS Wheelchair Service. Each Service will have its own assessment criteria and procedures in place in respect of eligibility for individual mobility equipment.

Further information in relation to wheelchair and mobility services, including details in respect of all local NHS Wheelchair Services, can be located via the NHS Choices website at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support/mobility-equipment-wheelchairs-scooters/