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Northern Ireland Office (2)
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Durkan, Mark (2)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make the costs involved in using a continuous positive airway pressure machine at home refundable to the patient.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make the costs involved in using a continuous positive airway pressure machine at home refundable to the patient.
Asked by
Mark Durkan
(Social Democratic & Labour Party)
Answered by
Shaun Woodward
(Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 March 2006
For answer on
3 March 2006
Answered on
8 March 2006
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines are used by people suffering from sleep apnoea to ensure they continue to breathe while asleep. The machines are supplied and maintained free of charge in patients' homes. The running costs involved in using a CPAP machine at home are negligible and not refundable. This is consistent with current practice on the use of a range of devices requiring electricity that are supplied by hospitals for domestic use. There are no plans to change this.
Subjects
Costs; Medical treatments; Patients; Northern Ireland; Medical equipment; Sleep apnoea; Sleep
Date
8 March 2006
Reference
56350; 443 c1589W;443 c1589W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients are using continuous positive airways pressure machines in each health board area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients are using continuous positive airways pressure machines in each health board area.
Asked by
Mark Durkan
(Social Democratic & Labour Party)
Answered by
Shaun Woodward
(Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
16 February 2006
For answer on
27 February 2006
Answered on
28 February 2006
The number of continuous positive airway pressure machines supplied by each health board area in Northern Ireland as at 31 January 2006 is shown in the following table.
| Health board area | Number of continuous airway pressure machines |
| Northern | 20 |
| Eastern | 637 |
| Southern | 78 |
| Western | 102 |
| Source: Health and social service boards. | |
| (26) Eastern health and social services board figure includes an approximation of 500 from Belfast city hospital using continuous positive airways pressure machines. |
Subjects
Medical treatments; Patients; Northern Ireland; Medical equipment; Sleep apnoea; Sleep
Date
28 February 2006
Reference
54259; 443 c662-3W;443 c662-3W
House
House of Commons