United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 87400
Prosthetics and Wigs: Ethnic Groups
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3 November 2025
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11 November 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a limited access to suitable (a) prosthetics and (b) wigs on ethnic minority patients; and what steps he is taking to improve access.
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3 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a limited access to suitable (a) prosthetics and (b) wigs on ethnic minority patients; and what steps he is taking to improve access.
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11 November 2025
Answer
The current NHS Supply Chain Wigs Framework Agreement was awarded to 42 suppliers and provides a range of wigs, both real and synthetic, and headwear products to provide alternative choices to patients, as well as maintenance, styling, alteration, and rep...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-03/87400
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1847865
- uk · wq-1847865 · source updated 11 November 2025