Is there an exhaustive list of all the products and equipment the NHS is able to supply?

Wibbles

Is there an exhaustive list available on-line, of all of the products and equipment that NHS is able to supply ?

Rather than self finance ..

Wibbles

I have just been told that NHS cannot supply the KAFO sock recommended for my KAFO!

Wibbles

Cressida said:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/care-services-equipment-and-care-homes/household-gadgets-and-equipment-to-make-life-easier/

Thanks for the link - however, it does not mention anything other than hardware/ equipment fot the home itself !

They don't even mention compression stockings - which I know that they include (I had a DVT 20+ years ago)

Wibbles

Anyone know whether KAFO socks are available on NHS? 

Tori_Scope

I'm not 100% sure, @wibbles, but I did find a few links from local NHS trusts, such as this one, that I think suggest they can sometimes be provided to patients on the NHS. Perhaps it's done on a case by case basis? Was it an NHS doctor that told you they can't be provided on the NHS? 

leeCal

I was measured for and given a compression sock by my local chemist some ten years ago at no cost. I was told they were eighty pounds, over priced as usual. I too had a dvt some thirty years ago and I still have a swollen leg to this day @Wibbles.

Wibbles

leeCal said:

I was measured for and given a compression sock by my local chemist some ten years ago at no cost. I was told they were eighty pounds, over priced as usual. I too had a dvt some thirty years ago and I still have a swollen leg to this day @Wibbles

Knee length compression socks Are or Were available on the NHS
But according to the chap that I emailed (from the NHS supply section) - full length KAFO socks "probably" are not!! 

leeCal

I was to be measured for a full length one two weeks ago but I became ill and had to cancel the appointment with a nurse. I am seeing the nurse about something else next week though, I’ll ask her whether there’s a cost or not involved. 🙂

Wibbles

leeCal said:

I was to be measured for a full length one two weeks ago but I became ill and had to cancel the appointment with a nurse. I am seeing the nurse about something else next week though, I’ll ask her whether there’s a cost or not involved. 🙂

Thanks any news yet?