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answer text: Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to extend the NHS wheelchair voucher scheme to cover poweredwheelchairs. [71134]Mr. Hutton: An evaluation of the powered wheelchair and voucher scheme initiatives was commissioned last year from the York HealthEconomics Consortium. The evaluation is expected to be completed in the spring. Any decision to extend the voucher scheme to includepowered wheelchairs will be taken in the light of the consortium's recommendations.
answer given date: 1999-02-15+00:00
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