Home Appliances
29 September 2008
The Department of Health have been undertaking a long-running review of the reimbursement arrangements for appliances. This began with a wide-ranging consultation on the supply of appliances in 2005. A second consultation was published in May 2006 on the arrangements for dressings and reagents which led to imposed reimbursement price reductions in October 2006. Since then the Department of Health have consulted a further four times on the reimbursement arrangements for stoma and incontinence appliances. The latest consultation closed in September 2008.
In April 2009, the Department of Health published a summary of the new arrangements which will be implemented in 2010.
Click on the links below to view copies of previous consultation documents, PSNC responses and an overview of the arrangements for implementation in 2010.
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DH Consultation Document (2005) (206 KB)
PSNC Response (2005) (146 KB)
DH Summary of Responses (2005) (59 KB)
DH Consultation: Dressings & Reagents (2006) (82 KB)
PSNC Response: Dressings & Reagents (2006) (120 KB)
DH Summary of Responses: Dressings & Reagents (2006) (59 KB)
DH Consultation: Stoma & Incontinence (2006) (115 KB)
PSNC Response: Stoma & Incontinence (2006) (90 KB)
DH Summary of Responses: Stoma & Incontinence (2006) (115 KB)
DH Consultation: Stoma & Incontinence (2007) (749 KB)
PSNC Response: Stoma & Incontinence (2007) (248 KB)
DH Summary of Response: Stoma & Incontinence (2007) (225 KB)
DH Consultation: Stoma & Incontinence (Late 2007) (101 KB)
PSNC Response: Stoma & Incontinence (Late 2007) (185 KB)
DH Summary of Response: Stoma & Incontinence (Late 2007) (197 KB)
DH Consultation: Stoma & Incontinence (2008) (114 KB)
PSNC Response: Stoma & Incontinence (2008) (184 KB)
Summary of Arrangements (for Implementation in 2010) (removed)