Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been prescribed a (a) nebuliser, (b) oxygen concentrator, (c) suction, (d) ventilator or non-invasive ventilation, (e) feeding pump, (f) powered hospital bed, (g) electric wheelchair, (h) haemodialysis machine, (i) body drier and (j) chair lift for home use.
The information requested is not held centrally. The listed equipment is provided under a broad range of National Health Service and local authority commissioned homecare services. Further information may be available locally.