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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1580502" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Is it really a problem with the CCG paying for omnipod? Or is it an issue with the hospital supporting omnipod? My understanding is that if you can't get the pump you want at one hospital, you find a hospital that does support it and get referred there and you can get it that way, although it wil still be the CCG being invoiced.</p><p></p><p>Maybe query this with input diabetes to be sure of exactly how it works - <a href="http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk" target="_blank">www.inputdiabetes.org.uk</a></p><p></p><p>Pump manufacturers don't get paid for four years. If it is a tubed pump then there is one one off outlay ant the pump is purchased and comes with a warranty that lasts four years. So there is no ongoing cost, that's just how much a pump costs and the pump manufacturer guarantees the pump for four years. If it is a patch less pump there is a similar warranty with the PDM/remote, but this is of lower cost because there is an ongoing cost in purchasing the patches. Obviously if you stop using the pump the NHS doesn't keep buying patches that aren't going to get used.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1580502, member: 32394"] Is it really a problem with the CCG paying for omnipod? Or is it an issue with the hospital supporting omnipod? My understanding is that if you can't get the pump you want at one hospital, you find a hospital that does support it and get referred there and you can get it that way, although it wil still be the CCG being invoiced. Maybe query this with input diabetes to be sure of exactly how it works - [URL="http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk"]www.inputdiabetes.org.uk[/URL] Pump manufacturers don't get paid for four years. If it is a tubed pump then there is one one off outlay ant the pump is purchased and comes with a warranty that lasts four years. So there is no ongoing cost, that's just how much a pump costs and the pump manufacturer guarantees the pump for four years. If it is a patch less pump there is a similar warranty with the PDM/remote, but this is of lower cost because there is an ongoing cost in purchasing the patches. Obviously if you stop using the pump the NHS doesn't keep buying patches that aren't going to get used. [/QUOTE]
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