Emma Chapman said she applied to the Program of Appliances for Disabled People last May for access to a manual wheelchair and an electric bed and mattress but the products still have not been approved.

Ms Chapman, 27, of Beverley Park, currently uses an electric chair on loan from a hospital.

"It gives me more mobility and strength to use the manual chair and I'm losing all my muscles I can't do the exercises," an emotional Ms Chapman said.

"I need it and they're holding it back. We don't know why. It's really upsetting because I can't get around like I used to and I haven't got any equipment suitable for me.

"It's making it really depressing for me because I can't do anything."

Emma's mother, Joanne, said a 10-month stay in hospital left her daughter with a 7cm pressure sore.

"It takes so long for applications to be approved and these are things that Emma needs and financially we cannot afford," she said. "We've tried to provide our daughter with the things she needs but this is just out of our range.

"The added pressure that putting an application into PADP has put on our family, after a 10-month stay in hospital has been one of the most stressful things I've had to deal with."

The program aims to assist eligible residents who have a life-long or long-term disability to live and participate within their community by providing equipment, aids and appliances.

Opposition health spokeswoman Jillian Skinner visited the Chapmans on Monday, slamming Health Minister Reba Meagher for the "incompetence" of the health system. "How on earth can it take more than a year before the Iemma Government decides if it will give Emma the wheelchair she so desperately needs?" Ms Skinner said.

"It shouldn't be this difficult for families with someone with a disability to gain access to the equipment they need to improve their daily lives.

"Health Minister Reba Meagher should stop playing the blame game and simply end the bureaucratic inertia occurring within the PADP that is denying people like the Chapmans from getting the equipment they need."

Ms Meagher said 15,000 people with disabilities are helped with specialised equipment each year.

"I'm advised that as soon as South-Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service placed an order for a new power wheelchair for Emma Chapman, Prince of Wales Hospital made available appropriate temporary loan equipment," she said.

"Ms Chapman will receive her new permanent wheelchair in around eight weeks and I'm assured she can continue to have access to the loan equipment until it's ready.

"The [health service] has contacted Ms Chapman this afternoon to ensure she is provided with appropriate support."