Domiciliary oxygen change delayed until February 2006

摘要

New arrangements for the supply of oxygen to patients in the community in England are likely to be delayed until February next year,the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has warned. Contractors have been told by the Department of Health that existing oxygen contracts will be terminated on 30 September. But legal action by an unsuccessful bidder for new regional contracts is likely to delay the start of the new arrangements (PJ,2July,p5).