Incontinence pads cost (FOI)Incontinence pads cost (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
09 December 2022.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
On 23 July 2018 the States of Jersey published a Freedom of Information request regarding the cost of incontinence pads.
The figures provided, went up to 2017.
Please can you provide the futures from 2017 to date please?
Response
The table below details the spend per annum from 2018 to present year on continence products through the Subsidised Product Scheme (SPS) for those over 65 years of age.
Year | Total spend on continence through the SPS for over 65's |
| 2018 | £90,912.34 |
| 2019 | £102,823.64 |
| 2020 | £122,530.23 |
| 2021 | £164,451.46 |
| 2022 to date | £173,159.33
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Please note that data is not available for January, March and April 2020. The 2020 figure represents the spend in the remainder of that year.
Data is not yet available for December 2022, therefore the figure provided represents the spend through to November 2022.
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