Medical devices and appliances

Medical devices and appliances support the treatment and management of a range of clinical conditions. This page provides prescribing guidance and information on the appropriate selection, use and management of medical devices, appliances and associated products."

The prescribing guidance, formularies, pathways and information on this website have transferred from the predecessor organisations that now form NHS Central East ICB.

Guidance may not be available for all clinical topics or geographic areas. Where guidance is available, it is clearly identified as applying to Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK), Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (C&P), Hertfordshire or Central East (CE).

Guidance labelled Central East (CE) has been harmonised and approved for use across NHS Central East ICB. Where CE guidance is not available, local arrangements for BLMK, C&P or Hertfordshire remain in place.

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes

Recommendations for medical devices (pdf)

Position Statement on Prescribing Shower and Swim Protection Pouches (pdf)

Healthcare Professional Information Leaflet – BLMK Appliance Prescription Service (pdf)

Patient Information Leaflet – BLMK Appliance Prescription Service (pdf)

Service provider for BLMK’s appliance prescription service

Hertfordshire

Independence shower protection pouches (VAP) and ancillary products – Position Statement (pdf)