Health written question – answered at on 14 May 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether her Department has made an assessment of the effects on children aged between five and 16 years of age and their families of the changes to the current provision of continence appliances and products proposed in the consultation on arrangements for the reimbursement pricing of stoma and incontinence appliances under Part IX of the drug tariff.
In reviewing the arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances, and related services, the Department has always made it clear that a key objective has been to maintain and, where appropriate, to improve patient care. This objective embraces all patient groups, including young people.
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