Disabled children waiting too long for NHS wheelchairs

About 20 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) missed the target for more than half of eligible children, compared with 10 in the previous year. But there was also an increase in the number of CCGs achieving 100% – 12 compared with five in 2016-17.

In 2016-17, the first year NHS England began collecting performance data against the 18-week target, it was met in 81% of cases. More