Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether additional financial support is planned to support the National Wound Care Strategy Programme beyond September 2019.

The National Wound Care Strategy Programme (NWCSP) aims to improve the quality of wound care provision through developing pathways of care for priority clinical issues and improving the supply and distribution of wound care products.

The Government and National Health Service fully recognise the benefits of improving the quality of wound care provision, and the role the implementation of the NWCSP will play in achieving this aim. Decisions about the future funding for the NWCSP will be made as part of the implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan.