Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will take steps to provide financial support for patients who require respiratory support devices at home and are unable to afford these expenses.

Specific specialised NHS England services provide rebates on energy costs for patients using medical equipment at home, such as home oxygen concentrators. However, these arrangements are unique to the contracts or service specifications.

We will continue to monitor the situation to support home users of electrical medical equipment.