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Hi Adrian > In message <[log in to unmask]>, > [log in to unmask] writes > >Apart from TENS machines and blood glucose meters, > >what items of equipment of that sort of size and cost do list members > know > >of in use by their patients, and feel to be useful medically, but not > >usually simply provideable by the NHS? > > Enuresis alarms. > > Adrain Elliot-Smith > Billingham > Teesside > > Our HV's have loads of enuresis alarms. However our district nurses have to charge UKP10 for providing an item of equipment, be it a commode or a urinal or anything. I think this is diabolical - old ladies having to pay for incontinence aids etc on a state pension. -- Bradley Cheek - [log in to unmask] (Well Close Square) http://www.wcsquare.demon.co.uk Connecting via Demon Internet Ltd %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%