Cost of incontinence pads (FOI)Cost of incontinence pads (FOI)
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23 July 2018.Request
Please advise budget figure and actual year on year spend for the years 2012 to 2017 for the subsidy allowance on incontinence pads paid to elderly out patients made by family nursing service / health department.
Response
The table below represents the amount spent on continence products through the Subsidised Product Scheme (SPS), and elderly is defined as those over 65 years of age.
| 2011 | £11,568.08 |
| 2012 | £26,140.58 |
| 2013 | Information is not held by age and therefore detail relating to the over 65s cannot be provided |
| 2014 | Information is not held by age and therefore detail relating to the over 65s cannot be provided |
| 2015 | £26,598.47 Please note that data is not available for January to April or December and therefore the figure represents the spend in the remainder of the year |
| 2016 | £61,899.73 Please note that data is not available for January or March and therefore the figure represents the spend in the remainder of the year |
| 2017 | £86,219.44 |
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