Data from Freedom of Information requests showed that of the 110 trusts which responded half confirmed they do have a cap on continence products
are being “robbed of their dignity” as NHS trusts ration the number of hygiene products they supply per day amid tight budgets.from Freedom of Information requests sent to trusts in England showed many trusts are restricting patients to three or four pants or pads per person per day.
Thirty-four per cent of these trusts have a cap of three products per patient, per day. The remaining 66 per cent have a cap of four products per patient, per day. The trust has a cap of three continence care products per day for patients in Milton Keynes. This rises to four for patients in London. She said her father’s skin was left “red raw” from the insert pads provided but that the pull up pants the family bought for him helped to improve the integrity of his skin, along with barrier repair creams.
Ms Emkes would like the capping policy to be reassessed and the provision of continence products to be increased to meet the actual needs of patients. total incontinence – when your bladder cannot store any urine at all, which causes you to pass urine constantly or have frequent leakingBradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: “We are not aware of any rules around the number per patient – that would breach all sorts of patient care rules around cleanliness, hygiene and infection control.”
Other trusts such as the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust said its cap of four per 24 hours was guided by national guidelines. “They’re about sort of £1 to £2 a product, if I went and bought them in the pharmacy locally or something.has meant he sometimes tells cashiers the products are for his elderly parents and he is disheartened by accounts of people buying continence products for themselves or relatives unaware they are available on the NHS.
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