The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 No 7445 p360
31 March 2007

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Oxygen headset fees agreed

Decommissioning fees for oxygen headsets have been agreed by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee and the Department of Health.

Contractors will receive £50 for oxygen headsets purchased after 1 July 2004 and £25 for headsets bought before then. Payments will be subject to contractors’ claims, which had to be submitted by 31 December 2006. Further information is available from the PSNC website

The DoH has also announced that legislative changes to block the prescribing of oxygen on NHS prescription forms in England are expected shortly, although no date has yet been set for their implementation.

In addition, the Welsh Assembly Government has confirmed that claims for payment for oxygen supplied against a prescription up to 31 March may be submitted to the pricing authority until 5 April 2007.