Written question asked by Bob Spink (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 January 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 January 2002. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 January 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department has given to disablement service centres for the prescription and delivery of prosthetics.

Answer: Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines his Department has given to disablement service centres for the prescription and delivery of prosthetics. [26591] Jacqui Smith: The Department has not issued any guidelines to disablement services centres for the prescription and delivery of prosthetics. Prescriptions and delivery criteria are decided at a local level to take account of an individual patient's clinical need.

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