The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 No 7397 p469
22 April 2006

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Air Products announces oxygen fee waiver

Air Products will waive any lost oxygen cylinder fees that would have applied after 31 July and refund all full cylinders returned after that date, the company has announced.

“We would like to thank community pharmacists for their efforts so far in helping to ensure continuity of home oxygen supplies. The response from community pharmacists to the home oxygen supply issues of the past two months has been outstanding and a tremendous support for numerous patients,” a spokeswoman for Air Products told The Journal. She added that the decision to waive lost cylinder fees was in recognition of this support.

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee welcomed the announcement, adding: “BOC Medical is now the only cylinder supplier not to recognise that it is unfair to penalise contractors for these losses. The PSNC is calling on BOC to give urgent consideration to dropping charges for missing cylinders.”