Wound Dressings

(asked on 21st July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS continues to have access to a choice of quality wound care products that maximise healing.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 6th September 2021

The National Health Service has well established procurement mechanisms for ensuring the supply of high quality wound care products to patients.

We expect NHS Supply Chain to optimise the range of products available on the market, balancing the needs of maintaining choice and securing supply with the commercial and consistency benefits that standardisation can deliver.

Expert clinicians in the National Wound Care Strategy Programme have contributed to the development of appropriate high quality specifications for products. The Programme is currently developing a classification system to support clinical decisions on the selection of wound care products and practical decisions around supply and distribution. This will provide greater clarity to clinicians of which products are comparable. The requirements of product selection processes remain driven by clinicians’ assessment of patient needs.

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