Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what preparations they have made to ensure there is a sufficient workforce of prosthetists and orthotists to meet the anticipated demand for prosthetic and orthotic rehabilitation in the event of a conflict situation.

The Department of Health and Social Care, the National Health Service, and the Ministry of Defence continue to ensure health services, including prosthetic and orthotic services, can respond effectively to meet the demands of conflict situations through regularly reviewing system-wide capacity.

The Department of Health and Social Care’s commitment to longer term workforce planning through the 10 Year Workforce Plan will also ensure that the NHS has the right people in the right places, with the right skills to care for patients, when they need it.