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Under the new Transforming Community Equipment Services (TCES) programme, accredited pharmacies will be reimbursed by the government for dispensing ability aids and equipment against prescriptions.
Community Equipment Prescriptions will be issued to eligible patients under the new scheme, for equipment such as mobility and bathing aids, furniture, sensory aids and general living aids. Pharmacies would need to register as accredited retailers to dispense against those prescriptions.
The Community Equipment Dispenser Accreditation Body (CEDAB) is responsible for registering the premises of retailers who wish to dispense prescriptions for community equipment under the TCES programme. More information is available on their website: http://www.cedonline.org.uk/
Once accredited, pharmacies will dispense generic specification equipment and be reimbursed according to the national tariff, which can be viewed online here.
Government funded patients will also be able to top-up their care to cover the additional cost of more expensive or advanced equipment, minus the amount which would be reimbursed to the accredited pharmacy in accordance with the TCES tariff.