§ Mr. BerryTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how statistics on(a) prostheses, (b) orthoses, (c) wheelchairs and (d) electronic assistive devices are used
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(2) how many (a) prostheses, (b) orthoses, (c) wheelchairs and (d) electronic assistive devices were supplied by the NHS in each of the last three years. [69664]
§ Mr. HuttonThere are no statistics collected on prostheses, orthoses or electronic assistive devices. The only data collected centrally on the number of wheelchairs issued are for electrically-powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs. The total number of these issued so far to users is:
- 1996–97: 714
- 1997–98: 4,308
- 1998–99: 2,022.
Data are collected on the number of vouchers issued to users through the wheelchair voucher scheme and the number of these issued so far to users is:
- 1997–98: 811
- 1998–99: 1,550.
Issues of clinical governance and performance management are managed locally, and dissemination of good practice is coordinated through regional offices of the National Health Service Executive.