Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 20 February 2026.
Ben Maguire
Liberal Democrat Shadow Attorney General
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the resilience of NHS services to disruptions within the commercial laundry sector.
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The NHS England estates, commercial, and emergency preparedness, resilience, and response teams are undertaking an assessment of the provision of laundry services, in-house and out-sourced, in the National Health Service. This includes the NHS requirements for laundry services, available capacity, and the most efficient approach to their provision.
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