Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial support has been offered to the Wheelchair Leadership Alliance in addition to the support given over the <i>Right Chair, Right Time, Right Now</i> campaign and charter.
The Minister for Community and Social Care (Alistair Burt), together with the Minister for Disabled People (Justin Tomlinson) recently met with Baroness Grey-Thompson, Chair of the Wheelchair Leadership Alliance, and NHS England to discuss what action could be taken to improve wheelchair services. This includes NHS England discussing the focus and content of a model service specification for wheelchairs with the Alliance.
NHS England made available a further £10,000 to the Wheelchair Leadership Alliance for support during 2015/16.